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Henri de Saint-Simon, in full Claude-Henri de Rouvroy, Comte (count) de Saint-Simon, (born Oct. 17, 1760, Paris, Fr.—died May 19, 1825, Paris), French social theorist and one of the chief founders of Christian socialism. In his major work, Nouveau Christianisme (1825), he proclaimed a brotherhood of man that must accompany the scientific ...

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, was born in Paris, France, October 17, 1760, to an impoverished aristocratic family. His grandfather’s cousin, the duc de Saint-Simon, had written a famous memoir of the court of Louis XIV. Henri was fond of claiming that he was a descendant of Charlemagne.

Henri de Saint-Simon Henri de, (born Oct. 17, 1760, Paris, France—died May 19, 1825, Paris), French social theorist. He joined the French army at age 17 and was sent to aid the colonists in the American Revolution. After his return to France (1783), he made a fortune in land speculation but gradually dissipated it.

It was political, economic, and socialist theorist Henri de Saint-Simon the first one who, believing in the social power of the arts, drew the analogy between radical art practices and an advancing military formation: “We artists will serve you as an avant-garde, the power of the arts is most immediate: when we want to spread new ideas we …

Henri de Saint-Simon is the 105th most popular philosopher (up from 126th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from France (up from 245th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Philosopher. Henri de Saint-Simon is most famous for his ideas of technocracy, where the economy would be controlled by a select group of scientists and engineers.

Early socialists like Henri de Saint-Simon, Robert Owen and Charles Fourier offered up their own models for social organization based on cooperation rather than competition.

Henri de Saint-Simon (1760-1825) fue un filósofo, economista, positivista y teórico socialista francés. Tuvo gran influencia en disciplinas como la política, la sociología, la filosofía de la historia, la economía o la historia. Es considerado el precursor del socialismo.

He was born in 1760, to a noble family from northern France that was related to the chronicler of Louis XIV's court, the Duc de Saint Simon. In 1779 he entered the Touraine regiment and fought in the American Revolutionary War, most notably at the Battle of Yorktown with George Washingon.