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en-wikipedia-org-3858		Auguste Comte - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	9555	854	59	Influenced by the utopian socialist Henri de Saint-Simon,[4] Comte developed positive philosophy in an attempt to remedy the social disorder caused by the French Revolution, which he believed indicated imminent transition to a new form of society. On page 27 of the 1855 printing of Harriet Martineau's translation of The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte, we see his observation that, "If it is true that every theory must be based upon observed facts, it is equally true that facts can not be observed without the guidance of some theories. 28-29), Comte's austere and "slightly dispiriting" philosophy of humanity viewed as alone in an indifferent universe (which can only be explained by "positive" science) and with nowhere to turn but to each other, was even more influential in Victorian England than the theories of Charles Darwin or Karl Marx.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3858.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3858.txt