Leaders of this movement in Poland included the novelist Boleslaw Prus, who wrote The Doll in support of its principles.
Leaders of this movement in Poland included the novelist Boleslaw Prus, who wrote The Doll in support of its principles. Benjamin Constant Botelho de Magalhaes led this movement in Brazil, where it became so popular in the late 19th century that one of its slogans was placed on Brazil's national flag. In France, this movement split between the followers of Emile Littre and Pierre Laffitte. English supporters of this movement included Richard Congreve, who founded the first of its "churches of humanity." The founder of this movement created a new calendar with months named for Homer and Aristotle, and classified the fundamental sciences into a hierarchy beginning with mathematics and ending with "social physics," which he would later call "sociology." Its founder argued that societies progress through theological, metaphysical, and scientific stages. For 10 points, name this movement founded by Auguste Comte.
Leaders of this movement in Poland included the novelist Boleslaw Prus, who wrote The Doll in support of its principles.
positivism [or positive philosophy; or Comtism before Comte is mentioned]