Born in Montpellier, France, in 1798, Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte was a French philosopher who was known for being the first to synthesize the need for a science of society (Sociology) and for having grounded for the first time, the positivist theory.
Auguste Comte is considered the “father” of sociology. The philosopher is the first to theorize the need for a science that studies society in order to reorganize it and set it on the right track for the greatest possible development.