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What was the main concern and goal of Comte's thinking?
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The main concern of Auguste Comte’s thinking was to establish a scientific foundation for understanding society and to reform it through the application of scientific principles. Living in the aftermath of the French Revolution and the social instability of early nineteenth-century Europe, Comte sought to bring order and stability to society. He believed that social disorder resulted from intellectual confusion and the dominance of speculative and theological thinking. His goal was therefore to replace metaphysical and religious explanations with a positive, scientific approach to knowledge. Comte is regarded as the founder of positivism, a philosophy that holds that
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