This extraordinary man, founder of sociology, Auguste Comte was born on January 19, 1798 in Paris, France. He grew up in the wake of the French Revolution, where society experienced violent conflict and feelings of alienation. He didn't believe in religion or kingship, and because of the era he grew up in, he spent much of his time coming up with a philosophy for a new social order for everything that was happening. Auguste was born to Rosalie Boyer and Louis Comte, both royalists and devout Roman Catholics. He attended the University of Montpellier and proved to be excellent at mathematics and science. Because he dropped out of school before earning his degree, he had difficulty paying his bills and supporting himself financially. Comte lived in Parrris and made a living teaching journalism and mathematics, while wanting to learn more about studying economics, history and philosophy. At the age of 19, she met a man named Henri de Saint-Simon, “a French social reformer and one of the founders of socialism, who was the first to clearly see the importance of the economy...