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'''Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte''' was born in Montpellier, [[France]] on January 19th, 1798, and died in [[Paris]] on September 5th, 1857. Comte is best known as the father of [[positivism]], and was the first to utilize the [[scientific method]] in exploration of the social world. It was Comte who coined the term ''[[sociology]]''.
==External Links==
* [http://assets.cambridge.org/97805216/62727/sample/9780521662727ws.pdf Auguste Comte and the Religion of Humanity], [[University of Cambridge]]
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[[Category:Sociologists]]
[[Category:French Philosophers]]