Biography
Auguste CONT from childhood demonstrated uncommon's intellectual abilities, which allowed him to become a famous philosopher, a sociologist and ancestor of positivism. Even after death, the memory of it is working, immortalized in quotations.Childhood and youth
Auguste Committee was born on January 19, 1798 in the French city of Montpellier. He grew up in the family of a collector of filters together with Brother Adolf and Sister Alix. The boy received a home education, after which he entered the Lyceum, where she demonstrated talent for the study of mathematics.
At 16, the young man became a student of a polytechnic school and was able to learn from outstanding scientists of that time. Common easily won the authority in fellow students who praised his sense of humor, leadership qualities and mental abilities.
However, due to republican views, the guy was expelled in his hometown. At the insistence of parents, he went to Paris, where he earned the life of mathematics lessons. As Augusk knew nongally well, he began to translate in parallel, thanks to which he met Henri Saint-Simon.
The next few years, the guy worked as secretary of the philosopher, helped to write the 1st part of the catechism of industrialists. But their collaboration ended with a quarrel due to an unnecessarily of the right of the right, which did not want to accept the point of view of the mentor. After that, Auguste went to free swimming.
Personal life
In his youth, the scientist had a saturated personal life. The married lady of Paulina became the first big love of Auguste, which was also older. The result of this vicious connection was the birth of daughter Louise, but, being painful, she died at 9 years old, which was a blow to a man.The next chief of the thinker became Carolina Massena, which he unforeedly responded to the testament. They got married in 1825, after which relations became strained due to the financial difficulties and jealousy of the cont. Nevertheless, they did not divorce and formally remained with spouses, not living with 1842.
After another quarrel with Carolina, the thinker got acquainted with Clotilda de in which supported Platonic relations. A year later, she died from tuberculosis, because of which the man became sentimental and showed interest in religious and mystical, which is felt in the last creations.
Scientific activities and creativity
After leaving Saint-Simon, Auguste continued to keep in touch with his students, wrote articles for their scientific community. At that time, the thinker was increasingly deepened towards positive philosophy, the founder of which is considered.
Since 1826, a man spoke with lectures that spent in his own apartment, but because of the mental insoluction they had to be interrupted. The scientist attempted suicide and almost drowned his wife in the lake, so he was placed in a psychiatric clinic, and then sent for treatment home.
Two years later, the ailment retreated, and Conts continued to speak with lectures. He was a popular journalist and wrote for local newspapers, in parallel working on the 1st part of the "Course of Positive Philosophy", as a result of his famous.
In a meeting of six volumes, the scientist outlined the main ideas relating to philosophy. He proposed the classification of sciences in the order of increasing complexity and specifications, and also developed a stadium model of society. According to the statements of Auguste, during the existence, humanity passed 3 stages - theological, metaphysical and positive.
The earliest step is to dominate mystical and religious knowledge. At the second stage, more attention is paid to conclusions, in addition, the ideas of social and democracy are distributed. The highest stage is identified with the flourishing of scientific knowledge and the emergence of the direction of sociology.
CONT made a valuable contribution to the development of science on society. He allocated in it the dynamics and statics, where the first characterizes the process of social development, and the second is the conditions necessary for the stable existence of society.
After the publication, the man worked at a polytechnic school with which his life was inextricably linked. He was an assistant teacher and the examiner, while in 1838 he was not able to become a full-fledged mentor. During this period, the scientist also read the lectures on astronomy, which ensured a stable income.
However, due to reforms in an educational institution, he was forced to look for financial support from friends. John Stewart Mill came to the rescue, who found the philosopher sponsors, but later they were collapsed and stopped communicating.
The second assembly of the author's books "System of Positive Politics" has replenished a bibliography after the death of Clotilda, which makes it different in style and the mood of the presentation. For the first time, the term "altruism" was mentioned, which in terms of "live for others".
Death
The philosopher died on September 5, 1857, the cause of death was weakened health. The grave of Auguste is located on the cemetery of Per Lashez. Injectionated photos of the thinker are not preserved, but the portraits are reminded about it.Quotes
- "Dead law alive."
- "The only sincere and durable friendship is an existing man and a woman, because it is the only attachment, free from any rivalry."
- "Mythology died along with the development of science."
- "Our most dangerous illness is a deep disagreement of the minds regarding all basic rules, the unshakability of which is the first condition for true social order."
Bibliography
- 1830-1842 - "Course of Positive Philosophy"
- 1843 - "Elementary treatise on analytical geometry"
- 1845 - "Philosophical Treatise on Popular Astronomy"
- 1852 - "Positivist Catechism"
- 1854 - "The system of positive policy, or a treatise on sociology, establishing the religion of humanity"
- 1856 - "Subjective Synthesis"