Agustín Aragón

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Agustín Aragón

1870–1954

A Mexican educator, public thinker, and politician, he helped keep positivist ideas alive in Mexico through teaching, writing, and public debate. He is especially remembered for founding and editing Revista Positiva and for his long career as an advocate of science-minded education.

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España y los Estados Unidos de Norte América : $b a propósito de la guerra

España y los Estados Unidos de Norte América : $b a propósito de la guerra

by Agustín Aragón

About the author

Born in Jonacatepec, Morelos, on August 28, 1870, Agustín Aragón y León became known as a teacher, writer, and public intellectual as well as a politician. He served in Mexico's Chamber of Deputies, but his reputation rests just as much on his work in education and on his efforts to promote positivist thought in Mexican intellectual life.

Aragón y León founded and edited Revista Positiva, a publication closely tied to those ideas, and he was active for many years as a defender of scientific and secular approaches to learning. Sources also describe him as an important promoter of positivism in Mexico, linking his writing and teaching to broader debates about modern education and national progress.

He died on March 30, 1954. His remains were later placed in the Rotunda of Illustrious Persons, a sign of the public recognition he received in Mexico.