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[SCIENCE AND MEDICINE] - Auguste Comte: Positivist Receipt Signed by the Philosopher - COMTE Auguste - Curios partly-printed receipt with autograph lines signed, dated “Jeudi 3 Archimede 62 (28 Mars 1850)” by the French philosopher and mathematician. Influenced by Henri de Saint-Simon,[1] Comte's work attempted to remedy the social disorder caused by the French Revolution, which he believed indicated an imminent transition to a new form of society. He sought to establish a new social doctrine based on science, which he labeled positivism. The librarian and publisher Augustin L. Mathias counts the sales over six months for the his renown essay “Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme”. For 4 francs per copy, Comte has to receive 136 francs and states by his hand at the bottom of the letter: “J’ai reçu a compte ces 136 francs, un billet de cent francs”. Below, Comte pens the date with a curios dating method. 1 p. In-4.