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Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte was a French philosopher, mathematician 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. Comte's ideas were fundamental to the development of sociology, as he coined the term and treated the discipline as the crowning achievement of the sciences.
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science · French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist (1798–1857) · repetitor · philosopher · sociologist · mathematician · writer · also Auguste Comte, August Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte, Comte
Born 19 January 1798 · Died 5 September 1857 · Q12718
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Published “Mediterranean diet intervention alters the gut microbiome in older people reducing frailty and improving health status: the NU-AGE 1-year dietary intervention across five European countries” in Gut — cited 895 times.
Published “Plant phenolics: Recent advances on their biosynthesis, genetics, and ecophysiology” in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry — cited 1,111 times.
Published “Fabrication of thin film dye sensitized solar cells with solar to electric power conversion efficiency over 10%” in Thin Solid Films — cited 1,679 times.
Published “Fabrication of screen‐printing pastes from TiO<sub>2</sub> powders for dye‐sensitised solar cells” in Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications — cited 952 times.
Published “High‐Efficiency Organic‐Dye‐ Sensitized Solar Cells Controlled by Nanocrystalline‐TiO<sub>2</sub> Electrode Thickness” in Advanced Materials — cited 984 times.
Laurent Fedi, L'organicisme de Comte, in Auguste Comte aujourd'hui, M
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Published “Engineering of Efficient Panchromatic Sensitizers for Nanocrystalline TiO<sub>2</sub>-Based Solar Cells” in Journal of the American Chemical Society — cited 2,458 times.
Published “Solid-state dye-sensitized mesoporous TiO2 solar cells with high photon-to-electron conversion efficiencies” in Nature — cited 3,283 times.
Published “Nanocrystalline Titanium Oxide Electrodes for Photovoltaic Applications” in Journal of the American Ceramic Society — cited 1,425 times.
Died 1857-09-05.
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“Men are not allowed to think freely about chemistry and biology: why should they be allowed to think freely about political philosophy?”
Proposed a calendar reform called the 'positivist calendar'
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This love became quasi-religious, and Comte, working closely with Mill (who was refining his own such system) developed a new "Religion of Humanity"
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Fell deeply in love with the Catholic Clotilde de Vaux, although because she was not divorced from her first husband, their love was never consummated
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1842).
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Published the six volumes of his Cours
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Was taken to a mental health hospital, but left without being cured – only stabilized by French alienist Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol – so that he could work again on his plan (he would later attempt suicide in 182
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Comte left Saint-Simon, again because of unbridgeable differences
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For reorganization, and Comte continued his studies at the medical school at Montpellier
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Studied at École polytechnique (1814–1816).
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Studied at Lycée Joffre (1807–1814).
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Born 1798-01-19.
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