Auguste Comte: The Founder of Sociology and Positivism

Auguste Comte was a 19th-century French philosopher who founded sociology and developed the philosophy of positivism. He argued that society evolves through three stages—theological, metaphysical, and positive—and that a scientific understanding of society could solve its problems. His work laid the groundwork for modern social science and influenced thinkers from John Stuart Mill to Émile Durkheim.