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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: The Age of Ideologies

For Students 9th - 10th
This online lecture surveys the full range of philosphical thought developed by Kant, Hegel, Comte, and others and their role in modern European intellectual history. Comprehensive and accessible for advanced placement high school students.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Comte and Positive Philosophy

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet Auguste Comte, a French man who made contributions to philosophy and sociology. Stay positive! Comte came up with the doctrine of positive philosophy.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: General View of Comte's Postivism

For Students 9th - 10th
A general survey of the French philosopher Auguste Comte (1798-1857) who developed a secular religion known as positivism and founded modern sociology.
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Other

Prada: Devoted Follower or Insubordinate Partisan of Auguste Comte

For Students 9th - 10th
A long description of how Auguste Comte's philosophy of life and religion influenced Gonzalez Prada, a Latin American leader. Gives a good explanation of Comte's positivism and "three stages of society."