Brazil Comtean Positivism was relatively popular in Brazil. In 1881 Miguel Lemos and Raimundo Teixeira Mendes organized the "Positivist Church of Brazil." In 1897 the "Temple of Humanity" was created.Latin American Thought: Philosophical Problems and Arguments By Susana Nuccetelli: Page 184 The services at the Temple could go on for up to four hours and that, combined with a certain moral strictness, led to some decline during the Republican period.The Human Tradition in Modern Brazil By Peter M. Beattie: Pages 112–113 Nevertheless it had appeal with the military class as Benjamin Constant joined the group before breaking with it because he deemed Mendes and Lemos as too fanatical. Cândido Rondon's conversion proved more solid as he remained an orthodox Positivist and a member of the faith long after the church's importance waned.Stringing Together a Nation: Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon and the... By Todd A. Diacon: pgs 83–84 Although declined, the church still survives in Brazil. The national flag of Brazil bears the "Ordem e Progresso" ("Order and Progress"), inspired by Comte's motto of positivism: "L’amour pour principe et l’ordre pour base; le progrès pour but" ("Love as a principle and order as the basis; progress as the goal").Bandeiras e significados Historianet. Retrieved on 2010-10-09. . 
International Influence Comtean Positivism was relatively popular in Brazil. In 1881 Miguel Lemos and Raimundo Teixeira Mendes organized the "Positivist Church of Brazil." In 1897 the "Temple of Humanity" was created.Latin American Thought: Philosophical Problems and Arguments By Susana Nuccetelli: Page 184 The services at the Temple could go on for up to four hours and that, combined with a certain moral strictness, led to some decline during the Republican period.The Human Tradition in Modern Brazil By Peter M. Beattie: Pages 112–113 Nevertheless it had appeal with the military class as Benjamin Constant joined the group before breaking with it because he deemed Mendes and Lemos as too fanatical. Cândido Rondon's conversion proved more solid as he remained an orthodox Positivist and a member of the faith long after the church's importance waned.Stringing Together a Nation: Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon and the... By Todd A. Diacon: pgs 83–84 Although declined, the church still survives in Brazil. The national flag of Brazil bears the "Ordem e Progresso" ("Order and Progress"), inspired by Comte's motto of positivism: "L’amour pour principe et l’ordre pour base; le progrès pour but" ("Love as a principle and order as the basis; progress as the goal").Bandeiras e significados Historianet. Retrieved on 2010-10-09. . Comte also influenced the Young Turks political URL
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Comte also influenced the Young Turks political URL