Auguste Comte Biography. Auguste Comte was a renowned philosopher and introduced Sociology and positivism. This biography of Comte provides detailed information about his childhood, life, works, achievements & timeline.
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Longleat House, Wiltshire, seat of the Marquesses of Bath. A great house is a large house or mansion with luxurious appointments and great retinues of indoor and outdoor staff, especially those of the turn of the 20th century (i.e., the late Victorian or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom and the Gilded Age in the United States).