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COMTE, Auguste (1798-1857)

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Born: 1798

Died: 1857

Editorial Description

founder of "positive philosophy," 1830-42, the exchange of metaphysic speculation with scientific facticity; an advocate of GALL; author of the 6 vol Cours de philosophie positive (1830-42; trs. H. MARTINEAU) of which the 45th lesson (written Dec 1837) was "Considerations générales sur l'étude. positive des fonctions intellectuelles et morales, ou cerebrales." (DSB; A140, A193)

Editorial Information

Identifier	240.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	86
Printed page	81
Database ID	805

Original Transcription

240. COMTE, Auguste (1798-1857), founder of "positive philosophy,"
1830-42, the exchange of metaphysic speculation with scientific
facticity; an advocate of GALL; author of the 6 vol Cours de philosophie positive (1830-42; trs. H. MARTINEAU) of which the 45th lesson (written Dec 1837) was "Considerations générales sur l'étude.
positive des fonctions intellectuelles et morales, ou cerebrales." (DSB;
A140, A193)