Benjamin Constant Botelho de Magalhães (18 October 1836 – 22 January 1891) was a Brazilian military man and political thinker. Primarily a positivist, influenced heavily by Auguste Comte, he was the founder of the positivist movement in Brazil (Sociedade Positivista do Brasil, Brazilian Positivist Society), and later this led to his republican views. He left the Brazilian Positivist society because of internal disagreements, but remained an ardent pupil of Comte until the end of his life.
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18 October 1836 Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Died |
22 January 1891 (aged 54) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Zodiac | Libra |
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