Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1919), The Spirit of Russia I page: 210, at: Cedar
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Comte began, like Hume, with the rejection of religion, but subsequently relapsed into fetichism.
— Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
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About Auguste Comte
Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte (19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857) was a French philosopher who coined the terms "sociology" and "altruism" and developed forms of social discipline he called Positivism.
About Auguste Comte
Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte (19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857) was a French philosopher who coined the terms "sociology" and "altruism" and developed forms of social discipline he called Positivism.
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