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Auguste Comte (1798-1857) developed a system of positive philosophy called sociology. He believed a new science of humanity was emerging that studied social laws and could improve society. Comte synthesized ideas from thinkers like Saint-Simon, believing social laws could be discovered scientifically like natural laws. He defined sociology as the study of social facts and their laws, patterned after the empirical methods of the natural sciences. Comte aimed to bring order and unity to post-revolutionary Fra
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- Abhimanyu Singh
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