Auguste Comte and Jane Addams

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Born in 1798, Auguste Conte was a French philosopher and a major contributor to sociology, studying human function in society and positivism. Conte lived during the turbulent period in Europe. As a thinker, he aimed to establish a system whereby people could make order out of conflicts and change communities for the better. As a result, positive philosophy was developed where mathematics and logic could help understand people’s actions and relations, just like science enabled the knowledge of the natural world. Conte is credited for coining the term sociology and extending the field by addressing forces that hold society and the dynamics of social changes. In later years, he developed the religion of humanity, and models of the positivist calendar influenced the develo...