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''Justo Sierra stands in the select band of historians who played in the life of their country a role equal to their place in its letters.''<ref>[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-1937(197104)13%3A2%3C306%3ATPEOTM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B The Political Evolution of the Mexican People] Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Vol. 13, No. 2.</ref> Among his books are remarkable his biography of [[Benito Juarez]] and his "Evolución Política del Pueblo Mexicano". He was a member of the Mexican Academy since 1887. As ''one of the foremost propagandists of his day, Sierra edited and wrote regular columns for several newspapers''. Sierra is well known for his voluminous historical and literary works.

''Justo Sierra stands in the select band of historians who played in the life of their country a role equal to their place in its letters.''<ref>[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-1937(197104)13%3A2%3C306%3ATPEOTM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B The Political Evolution of the Mexican People] Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Vol. 13, No. 2.</ref> Among his books are remarkable his biography of [[Benito Juarez]] and his "Evolución Política del Pueblo Mexicano". He was a member of the Mexican Academy since 1887. As ''one of the foremost propagandists of his day, Sierra edited and wrote regular columns for several newspapers''. Sierra is well known for his voluminous historical and literary works.

Sierra thought was inspired by the [[positivism]] of [[Auguste Comte]] and [[Gabino Barreda]], believing that Mexico should leave both [[religion]] and [[metaphysics]] behind and embark on a 'scientific' political system. Positivist thinkers believed that only science could bring progress to Mexico. Although Sierra and his supporters continued to call themselves [[liberal]], the dominant ideology since the final defeat of the conservatives and their foreign allies in 1867, they were less [[anticlerical]] and believed a strong government was more important than personal and civil liberties. Sierra proposed to found a 'National Liberal Party' to unite the country's leading politicians. In 1892 the so called "Partido de los Científicos" was founded, with Justo Sierra Méndez as one of its leading figure. This group of intellectual people provided [[Porfirio Díaz]] with a positivist political ideology.

Sierra thought was inspired by the [[positivism]] of [[Auguste Comte]] and [[Gabino Barreda]], believing that Mexico should leave both [[religion]] and [[metaphysics]] behind and embark on a 'scientific' political system. Positivist thinkers believed that only science could bring progress to Mexico. Although Sierra and his supporters continued to call themselves [[liberal]], the dominant ideology since the final defeat of the conservatives and their foreign allies in 1867, they were less [[anticlerical]] and believed a strong government was more important than personal and civil liberties. Sierra proposed to found a 'National Liberal Party' to unite the country's leading politicians. In 1892 the so-called "Partido de los Científicos" was founded, with Justo Sierra Méndez as one of its leading figure. This group of intellectual people provided [[Porfirio Díaz]] with a positivist political ideology.

Sierra was also one of the first supporters of the theory of [[evolution]] in Mexico, overseeing the publication of the Spanish first translations of [[Charles Darwin]]s books in the country. Sierra liked to compare biologic evolution with Mexico's political and social evolution, and published ''[[The social evolution of the Mexican People]]'', a history of Mexico from a positivist point of view. Sierra opposed the [[social darwinism]] of [[Herbert Spencer]] however.

Sierra was also one of the first supporters of the theory of [[evolution]] in Mexico, overseeing the publication of the Spanish first translations of [[Charles Darwin]]s books in the country. Sierra liked to compare biologic evolution with Mexico's political and social evolution, and published ''[[The social evolution of the Mexican People]]'', a history of Mexico from a positivist point of view. Sierra opposed the [[social darwinism]] of [[Herbert Spencer]] however.