Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Littré akatanga kushanda pa"Dictionnaire de la langue française" yake huru munenge muna 1844, iyo yakanga isati ichizopedzwa kusvikira makore makumi matatu gare gare. Akatora rutivi mu
mukushanduka kwaJuly 1848, uye mukudzvinyirirwa kwebato reRepublican rakanyanyisa muna June 1849. Nyaya dzake, dzakanyorwa munguva iyi ku"National", dzakaunganidzwa pamwe chete ndokubudiswa pasi pomusoro unoti "Conservation, revolution et positivisme" muna 1852, uye dzinoratidza kugamuchirwa kwakakwana kwedzidziso dzose dzakarongwa naComte. Zvisinei, mukati mamakore okupedzisira oupenyu hwatenzi wake, akavamba kuziva kuti aisagona kugamuchira chose chose dzidziso dzose kana kuti mifungo isinganzwisisiki zvikuru yeshamwari yake nomudzidzisi. Akavanza kusiyana kwake kwemaonero, uye Comte akakundikana kuziva kuti mudzidzi wake akanga amukurira, sezvo iye amene akanga amukurira tenzi wake Henri de Saint-Simon.