Philosophy of Atheist Auguste Comte

 “Reorganisation, irrespectively of God or king, by the worship of Humanity, systematically adopted. Man’s only right is to do his duty. The Intellect should always be the servant of the Heart, and should never be its slave.“ 

—  Auguste Comte 
Title Page A General View of Positivism (1848, 1856)
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(note: Warren Buffet quoted Comte in in a 1985 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter regarding Berkshire’s failing textile businesses:  “I ignored Comte’s advice – ‘the intellect should be the servant of the heart, but not its slave’ – and believed what I preferred to believe.”)

“Nothing is destroyed until it is replaced.”

—  Auguste Comte
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“But now, I, August Comte, have discovered the truth. Therefore, there is no longer any need for freedom of thought or freedom of the press. I want to rule and to organize the whole country.”

—  Auguste Comte
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Auguste Comte
Birthdate: 19. January 1798 
Date of death: 5. September 1857 

Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte was a French philosopher and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism. He is often regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of the term. Comte is also seen as the founder of the academic discipline of sociology.

Influenced by the utopian socialist Henri Saint-Simon, Comte developed the positive philosophy in an attempt to remedy the social malaise of the French Revolution, calling for a new social doctrine based on the sciences. Comte was a major influence on 19th-century thought, influencing the work of social thinkers such as Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill, and George Eliot. His concept of sociologie and social evolutionism set the tone for early social theorists and anthropologists such as Harriet Martineau and Herbert Spencer, evolving into modern academic sociology presented by Émile Durkheim as practical and objective social research. Comte's social theories culminated in his "Religion of Humanity", which presaged the development of non-theistic religious humanist and secular humanist organizations in the 19th century. Comte may have coined the word altruisme .

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quote from:  Inc.
Warren Buffett: People Who Ignore These 13 Words Will Probably Make Bad Decisions
Bill Murphy Jr. – 3/14/21

Buffett acknowledges that other textile businesses in the U.S. had been closing at a fast clip in the years leading to his decision, and then admits:

"Their owners were not privy to any information that was unknown to me; they simply processed it more objectively. I ignored Comte's advice - 'the intellect should be the servant of the heart, but not its slave' - and believed what I preferred to believe."

Warren Buffett
1985 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter, dated March 4, 1986, in which Buffett explained his decision, finally, to abandon Berkshire's failing textile businesses, which he admits he'd kept going despite every indication that they wouldn't work.

Source: www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/warren-buffett-people-who-ignore-these-13-words-will-probably-make-bad-decisions/ar-BB1eyVCN