Auguste Comte: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Michel Bourdeau, Mary Pickering, and Warren Schmaus (eds.), Love, Order, and Progress: The Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Auguste Comte (2018); Mike Gane, Auguste Comte (2006); Mary Pickering, Auguste Comte: An Intellectual Biography, 3 vol. (1993–2009); Arline Reilein Standley, Auguste Comte (1981).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Auguste Comte (1798 - 1857). | Nov 04, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 01, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 15, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at SHU - Comtes Positivist Doctrine and Reform of Secondary Science Education in Nineteenth-Century Brazil (PDF). | Oct 10, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Vision - Auguste Comte: High Priest of Humanity? | Jan 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Social Science and Education Research Studies - Ibn Khaldun and Auguste Comte: A Comparative Analysis of the Founding Figures of Sociology. | Nov 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC Listen - Late Night Live - Auguste Comte - an intellectual life. | Jul 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanist Heritage - Auguste Comte (1798-1857). | May 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Auguste Comte on Positivism and Happiness. | Apr 05, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Online Library of Liberty - Auguste Comte. | Dec 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The History of Economic Thought - Auguste Comte, 1798-1857. | Nov 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Sci LibreTexts - Early Thinkers and Comte. | Aug 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Basics of Philosphy - Biography of Auguste Comte. | Jul 03, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Philosphers - Biography of Auguste Comte. | Jul 03, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Dec 14, 2021 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Dec 28, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 05, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Victorian Web - Auguste Comte, Positivism, and the Religion of Humanity. | Feb 09, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 14, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The European Graduate School - Biography of Auguste Comte. | Jul 23, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: History Learning Site - The Russo Japanese War. | Sep 17, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Victorian Web - Auguste Comte, Positivism, and the Religion of Humanity. | Sep 17, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Buzzle.com - Russo-Japanese War. | Sep 17, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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