Exhibition guide
An exhibition focused on the daily life of Auguste Comte in his apartment on rue Monsieur-le-Prince (Paris 6th), between rituals of life, work and various sociabilities.
Visit details
- Dates: From Tuesday April 28, 2026 to Wednesday October 28, 2026: Tuesday, Wednesday from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Maison d'Auguste Comte, 10, rue Monsieur-le-Prince, Paris
- Price: payant
- Audience: Public jeunes et adultes.
- Source: Event page
About the exhibition
It is the home of a man with few possessions and yet keen to continue practicing his intellectual and religious activity in a familiar environment. In the living room the sacraments of his brand new “religion of Humanity” are administered, and the Positivist Society, created in 1848, meets in the study…
This exhibition invites you to immerse yourself in the intimacy and daily life of Auguste Comte.
You are cordially invited to the discovery day, Wednesday April 29, of this new exhibition: Comte always claimed to want to live in material subsistence limited to food, clothing, the treatment of his servant, Sophie Bliaux, and his rent. Entrance will be free all day from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Exhibition "Comte: life on rue Monsieur-le-Prince" at the Maison d'Auguste ComteAuguste Comte lived his entire life in Paris since his arrival in 1814 at the École Polytechnique.
It will be followed at 5:30 p.m. by a walk in the Latin Quarter in the footsteps of Auguste Comte and a drink at the Maison d'Auguste Comte around 7 p.m.
Curator: David Labreure (Director of the “La Maison d'Auguste Comte” museum)
Graphic design: Atelier Deltaèdre
Production: Proetra
He adopts an ascetic lifestyle, to reserve his energy for the development of his work and always observes exemplary regularity in everything he does: the use of his days and hours is fixed precisely, he often declares to follow strict "mental hygiene". He occupied thirteen homes in the capital but only one will forever remain attached to his name: his apartment at 10, rue Monsieur-le-Prince. If a few outings to the theater, a few walks too, and a few dinners at restaurants sometimes break the monotony of his monastic lifestyle, Comte stays most of the time in his apartment, which is first and foremost, his place of work. Comte's permanent establishment in this student district, near the Sorbonne and the École Polytechnique, seems very logical, given that his vocation is above all a teacher. But this one, at the moment when Comte meets the great love of his life, Clotilde de Vaux, and especially after the tragic death of the latter, acquires a completely different dimension, becoming the "holy domicile" or even the "sacred apartment" in which Comte's great philosophical developments will take place.