Auguste Comte

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This paper takes a look at the history, life and work of Auguste Comte. This paper goes on to discuss his relationship with Saint-Simon, and how Comte's liaison with Saint-Simon led to Saint-Simon publishing Comte's work under his own name. This caused untold conflict.

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"Auguste Comte was born in Montpellier, France in 1798. His parents were Royalists and Catholics, though Comte rebelled against both of these ideologies once he was in his teenage years (Ellwood 359). After attempting to have a teacher dismissed from his position, Comte was expelled from the Ecole Polytechnique, and returned to Montpellier to begin his adult life. He began tutoring in mathematics, and then became associated with Saint-Simon who was considered an "original thinker" (Ellwood 359). Comte took Saint-Simon's ideas and gave them systematic substance that he turned into a work entitled, The Scientific Labors Necessary for the Reorganization of Society, published in 1824 by Saint-Simon. There was a great deal of conflict over the publication however, as Saint-Simon had altered the title, and claimed that each of the ideas within the publication belonged to him. "

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