books.google.co.uk - French philosopher and social scientist AUGUSTE COMTE (1798-1857) developed the notion of sociology as a field that could be studied, invented the term altruism, and in this groundbreaking work, created a system of principles and ideas-a rational "religion"-that has since come to influence humanism across...https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Positive_Philosophy_of_Auguste_Comte.html?id=xxTkozhjgT0C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte