Who is the founder of sociology

The concept of sociology was introduced into scientific circulation by Auguste Comte. This is a French philosopher and popularizer of science, who lived in the 19th century. In the classification of science created by Comte, sociology occupied a rather honorable place. Thus, she acquired a scientific status and the subject of research began to take shape.

Becoming a philosopher

Auguste Comte was born on January 19, 1798 in Montpellier. His father Louis, a tax official, and mother Rosalie Boyer were staunch monarchists and devout Catholics. Young Auguste visited in his hometown first Lyceum "Dzhofre", and then the local university.

While studying at the last institution, Comte abandoned monarchist views in favor of republicanism. In 1814, he entered the Polytechnic School in Paris, where he showed brilliant mathematical abilities. But two years later the school was temporarily closed.

Auguste Comte was forced to interrupt random earnings, giving math lessons. Eked out a miserable existence. However, in 1817 he met Count Henri de Saint-Simon, a French aristocrat and utopian philosopher, one of the founders of the theory of European socialism.

Saint-Simon took the young talent to his job as personal secretary and introduced him to the Parisian intellectual society. In 1824, their partnership ended due to disputes over the authorship of several works. But the influence of Saint-Simon was felt in the writings of Comte throughout his life.