Auguste Comte
Considered the founder of sociology and positivism, advocating for a scientific approach to studying society.
Quotes by Auguste Comte
The dead govern the living.
Order and Progress.
To understand a science, it is necessary to know its history.
The only real science is the science of man.
Love, then, is the only principle; order the only basis; and progress the only end.
The great problem of human life is to reconcile the individual with the collective.
Know in order to predict, and predict in order to act.
Sociology is the science of society.
The true social unit is the family.
The object of all true philosophy is to discover the laws of phenomena.
The intellect should be the servant of the heart.
The scientific spirit is essentially a spirit of observation, not of imagination.
The three stages of human intellectual development are the theological, the metaphysical, and the positive.
The positive stage is the final and highest stage of human thought.
The aim of all science is to establish general laws.
The only absolute principle is that everything is relative.
The true philosopher is the one who observes and generalizes.
The social organism is more complex than any other organism.
The study of society must be based on observation and experiment.
The true religion is humanity.