Maison d'Auguste Comte
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éThe Maison d'Auguste Comte, also known as the Musée Auguste Comte, is a private museum and archive dedicated to positivist
philosopher Auguste Comte
(1798–1857). It is maintained by the Association internationale Auguste Comte, located in the 6th arrondissement at 10, rue Monsieur-le-Prince
, Paris, France, and open Wednesday afternoons, with a guided tour at 3:30 p.m.; an admission fee is required. The closest métro station is Odéon
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Comte lived in the 2nd floor of 10, rue Monsieur le Prince from 1841 until his death in 1857, and there wrote the four volumes of Système de politique positive (1851–1854), his last treatise of positive philosophy. The apartment has subsequently been restored and reconstructed as it was at the philosopher's death. It consists of five main rooms (dining room, living room, study, classroom, bedroom) with vestibule, and contains Comte's writing desk, portraits of Clotilde de Vaux
and various disciples, personal effects, and handwritten letters, as well as a library of positivist writings that contains about 600 books in French, including first editions of his works, 250 books in other languages, a thousand brochures, and four collections of periodicals.
Positivism
Positivism is a a view of scientific methods and a philosophical approach, theory, or system based on the view that, in the social as well as natural sciences, sensory experiences and their logical and mathematical treatment are together the exclusive source of all worthwhile information....
philosopher Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte
Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte , better known as Auguste Comte , was a French philosopher, a founder of the discipline of sociology and of the doctrine of positivism...
(1798–1857). It is maintained by the Association internationale Auguste Comte, located in the 6th arrondissement at 10, rue Monsieur-le-Prince
Rue Monsieur-le-Prince
Rue Monsieur-le-Prince is a street of Paris, located in the 6th arrondissement.-See also:* Hôtel de Condé, formerly in the area, the Paris residence and estate of the princes of Condé from 1612 to 1770* Maison d'Auguste Comte, a museum located at #10...
, Paris, France, and open Wednesday afternoons, with a guided tour at 3:30 p.m.; an admission fee is required. The closest métro station is Odéon
Odéon (Paris Metro)
Odéon is a station on lines 4 and 10 of the Paris Métro in the 6th arrondissement in the heart of the Left Bank.The station was opened on 9 January 1910 as part of the connecting section of the line under the Seine between Châtelet and Raspail. The line 10 platforms opened on 14 April 1926 as part...
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Comte lived in the 2nd floor of 10, rue Monsieur le Prince from 1841 until his death in 1857, and there wrote the four volumes of Système de politique positive (1851–1854), his last treatise of positive philosophy. The apartment has subsequently been restored and reconstructed as it was at the philosopher's death. It consists of five main rooms (dining room, living room, study, classroom, bedroom) with vestibule, and contains Comte's writing desk, portraits of Clotilde de Vaux
Clotilde de Vaux
Clotilde de Vaux, was born Clotilde-Marie de Ficquelmont on April 3, 1815 in Paris, France and died on April 5, 1846 in Paris, France. She gave philosopher Auguste Comte the inspiration for the « Religion of Humanity ».- Biography :...
and various disciples, personal effects, and handwritten letters, as well as a library of positivist writings that contains about 600 books in French, including first editions of his works, 250 books in other languages, a thousand brochures, and four collections of periodicals.