The two men who had the most influence on Navier's political thinking were Auguste Comte, the French philosopher known as the founder of sociology and of positivism, and Henri de Saint-Simon who started the Saint-Simonian movement which proposed a socialist ideology based on society taking advantage of science and technology.
Ang dalawang lalaki na ang pinaka-impluwensya sa Navier's pampulitika-iisip ay Auguste Comte, ang mga French na pilosopo na kilala bilang ng mga tagapagtatag ng karunungang panlipunan at ng positibismo, at Henri de Saint-Simon na nagsimula ang Saint-Simonian kilusan na iminungkahi ng isang sosyalistang ideolohiya na base sa lipunan pagkuha bentahe ng agham at teknolohiya.