Caroline Massin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French bookseller
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Place of Birth: Châtillon-sur-Seine, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About Caroline Massin
- Caroline Massin (2 July 1802 – 27 January 1877) was a French seamstress known for her tempestuous marriage with the philosopher Auguste Comte during the most creative period of his life.
- Comte was mentally unstable and had jealous fantasies about his wife's infidelities.
- Early in the marriage he broke down and was confined to an asylum for several months.
- The marriage continued to be strained, with constant money worries.
- Although Caroline supported her husband and believed in his genius, Comte could never accept her independence.
- They separated after 17 years.
- In his last years Comte wrote an appendix to his will in which he accused Caroline of having been a prostitute, The slur was later repeated by his followers.
- After his death Caroline encouraged a sympathetic biographer of Comte and helped launch a magazine devoted to his philosophy of positivism.
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