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POPSEnlightenment - Notions of Progress I've been getting into August Comte, the father of sociology and positivism. His philosophy laid the groundwork for modern society, along with certain other notables like Copernicus and Condorcet. This article does a nice job of presenting these thinkers in a succinct context.Titled, The Great Debate, it takes us back to some core issues we struggle with today.