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Definition of Comte
1. Noun. French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study.
Definition of Comte
1. a French nobleman [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comte
Literary usage of Comte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"the following table, the final arrangement of comte being shown in the left-hand
column for porposes of comparison : System of Auguste comte. ..."
2. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1903)
"DOCUMENTS Correspondence of the comte de ... From one of Jefferson's letters it
appears that 1 Eleonore François Elie, comte, ..."
3. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"The task was undertaken by Auguste comte, who had been commissioned by ...
comte was born, 1798, in Montpellier, the son of an orthodox Catholic family. ..."
4. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1895)
"comte, Mill and Spencer are treated neither exhaustively nor comparatively nor
on their own account nor exclusively ; two names have at least an equal claim ..."
5. The Contemporary Review (1867)
"I. IN a conversation with M. de Tocqueville on the tendencies of modem thought,
Sir G. Lewis expressed his alarm at the growing influence of comte ..."
6. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1882)
"Hereafter Henri, called the comte de Cham- bord, found his life aureoled with
the pathos of exile. It was an exile begirt, however, with many mitigating ..."
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