Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte (jan 19, 1798 – sep 5, 1857)
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Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte (French: [oˈɡyst kɔ̃t] (listen); 19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857)[6] was a French philosopher and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism. He is often regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of the term.[7] Comte's ideas were also fundamental to the development of sociology; indeed, he invented the term and treated that discipline as the crowning achievement of the sciences.[8]Added to timeline:
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jan 19, 1798
sep 5, 1857
~ 59 years