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Search Results: "auguste-comte

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Chambord
spacious château in the dep. of loire-et-cher, france, built by francis i.; after being long a residence for royalty and people of distinction, was presented in 1821 to the duc de bordeaux, the comte de chambord.
Congreve, Richard
author of political tracts, was a pupil of dr. arnold's, and a disciple of comte in philosophy; b . 1818.
Coucy
an old noble family of picardy, who had for device, "roi ne suis, ne duc, ne comte aussi; je suis le sire de coucy." court-poet of the family in the 12th century, lost his life at the siege of acre in the third crusade.
Genlis, Stephanie Félicité, Comtesse de
A celebrated French novelist, born at Champceri, near Autun, Burgundy; at the age of 16 she was married to the Comte de Genlis, who eventually fell a
Harrison, Frederic
Barrister, born in London, professor of Jurisprudence in the Inns of Court; author of articles contributed to Reviews and Essays, and of Lectures on
Martineau, Harriet
English authoress, born at Norwich; a lady with little or no genius but with considerable intellectual ability, and not without an honest zeal for the
Mill, John Stuart
Logician and economist, born in London, son of the preceding; was edu cated pedantically by his father; began to learn Greek at 3, could read it and
Orleans, Dukes of
The name of four distinct branches of the royal family of France, the first commencing with ifth son of Philippe of Valois, in 1344; the second with
Positivism
The philosophy so called of Auguste Comte (q. v .), the aim of which is to propound a new arrangement of the sciences and a new theory of the evolution
Sociology
the science which treats of the nature and the developments of society and of social institutions; a science to which herbert spencer, in succession to comte, has contributed more than any other scientist, deducing, as he does, a series of generalisations by comparison of individual organisms with social.
Souza, Madame de
Name Adelaide Filleul), French novelist, born in Paris, and educated in a convent, on her leaving which she was married to the Comte de Flahaut, a man
Spencer, Herbert
Systematiser and unifier of scientific knowledge up to date, born at Derby, son of a teacher, who early inoculated him with an interest in natural objects,
St. Simonians
see st. simon, comte de .
Thierry, Jacques Nicolas Augustin
French historian, born at Blois; came early under the influence of Saint-Simon, and during 1814-17 lived with him as secretary, assimilating his socialistic
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