'''Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte''' was born in Montpellier, [[France]] on January 19th, 1798, and died in [[Paris]] on September 5th, 1857. Comte is best known as the father of [[positivism]], and was the first to utilize the [[scientific method]] in exploration of the social world. It was Comte who coined the term ''[[sociology]]''. | '''Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte''' was born in Montpellier, [[France]] on January 19th, 1798, and died in [[Paris]] on September 5th, 1857. Comte is best known as the father of [[positivism]], and was the first to utilize the [[scientific method]] in exploration of the social world. It was Comte who coined the term ''[[sociology]]''. |