Pierre Laffitte ( fr. Pierre Laffitte ; February 18, 1823 , Béguey - January 4, 1903 , Paris ) - French philosopher- positivist ; student of Auguste Comte .
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| Date of Birth | February 21, 1823 |
| Place of Birth | Béguey , France |
| Date of death | January 4, 1903 (aged 79) |
| Place of death | Paris , France |
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Biography
Professor of Mathematics in Paris ; pupil of Auguste Comte and one of 13 executors of his will. After the collapse of the school, the teachers joined the party of positive religion . In 1892, he was appointed professor at the College de France to the newly established department of the general history of sciences.
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In 1878, he founded the two-month-old Revue occidentale, a positivist organ for France and the West.
In his “Grands Types de l'humanité” (1875–1876, continued in the journal “Revue occidentale”), Luffitt portrayed the creators of religion, the heroes of civilization, and representatives of Catholicism from St. Paul to Bossuet , etc. He would like Paris to become the religious metropolis of the world and arrange a celebration in memory of all these heroes.
He also published a moral course that he taught.
In a small pamphlet, the Révolution française (1880) defended Auguste Comte's proposal to consider 1789 the beginning of a new era and justified the revolution with great enthusiasm.
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- Laffitt, Pierre // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.