Auguste Comte (1798-1857) is considered the father of socialism and the founder the Logical Positivism school of philosophy. Comte provided a social evolution explanation for "revealed" religions that denied supernatural connection with a personal god in his "Religion Of Humanity". His view of the "metaphysical" stage of religion reminds one of the Scottish Common Sense Realism (see John Witherspoon) that greatly influenced 19th century New Light Calvinists.