{Auguste Comte’s Crisis}[20th December 1990]

[Redbook8:132][19901220:1900]{Auguste Comte’s Crisis}[20th December 1990]

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I note that the ‘peak’ of Auguste Comte’s* crisis, during which he tried to drown himself (after severe mental disturbances from April 1926, followed by deep depression and feelings of uselessness), occurred early in 1827. He was born on 19/1/1798, so in January 1827 he turned 29. By 1829, aged 31, he was up and going again. He was clearly a man who did not adhere naturally to tradition, rejecting his parents’ religion at the age of 14.

Perhaps this flexibility and independence of mind might allow a man to pass swiftly and in due time, if still painfully, through the stages of ‘mid-life’ crisis.**

*[See [Redbook8:4-7][19901003:1620d]{Social Evolution}[3rd October 1990]]

**cf VI. [[Redbook6:41-51)][19881128:2046]{Literary Circles}[28th November 1988],] 40ff

[for explanation of the page number discrepancy see fn=* on that ref]

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