This man's "second career," brought on by the death of Clotilde de Vaux, included his attempt toestablish seven atheistic sacraments for the future.
This man's "second career," brought on by the death of Clotilde de Vaux, included his attempt toestablish seven atheistic sacraments for the future. This man focused his study on "social dynamics,"and hoped that the credo "live for others" would spread along with a "Religion of Humanity". Thisformer secretary of utopian socialist Henri de Saint-Simon believed that human societies alwaysmoved from a (*) theological era to a metaphysical era as part of his "law of three stages," and coined theterm altruism while putting a new discipline atop his six-member hierarchy of sciences. For 10 points,name this thinker whose Course of Positive Philosophy pioneered positivism, the French founder ofsociology.
This man's "second career," brought on by the death of Clotilde de Vaux, included his attempt toestablish seven atheistic sacraments for the future.
Auguste Comte [or Isidore Auguste Marie FranÃ§ois Xavier Comte]