Saint-Simon, Claude Henry, Count De
Saint-Simon, Claude Henry, Count De
(1760-1825) French philosopher who fought with the French army during the American Revolution. He supported the French Revolution. He advocated what he termed a new science of society to do away with inequalities in the distribution of property, power and happiness. Love for the poor and the lowly was basic for the reform he urged. He greatly influenced Comte and Positivism. — L.E.D.
Main work- L’Industrie on discussions politiques, morales, et philosophiques, dans l’interet de tous les hommes livres a des travaux utiles et independants, 1817. Cf. Oeuvres de Saint-Simon, 46 vols., 1865-77.