 Finally, a few other influences are worthy of mention. Although she was not personally religious, Addams’ Christian roots left their mark. Addams was exceptionally well versed in the Christian bible and had attended several religious courses during her time at Rockford Seminary. Addams occasionally used religious language to help get her message out to Christian constituencies. Addams was also well acquainted with Greek philosophy and referenced Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle in her work. Addams was attracted to the ability of Greek philosophers to move between personal and social concerns rather than compartmentalizing their philosophical analysis. Some have suggested that Addams was influenced by Auguste Comte (1798–1857) and the positivists (Misheva 2019). Comte, who coined the term “sociology,” believed sciences need their own logic drawn from experience rather than Descartes’s a priori universal rationalism. Addams would have been attracted to his ideas about social progress and his development of a religion of humanity. Addams also read a great deal of literature, which influenced her ideas concerning culture and sometimes seeped into her analysis, as it does when she uses Shakespeare’s King Lear to understand labor-management relations. Although she did not believe that reading was a substitute for direct experience, she did suggest more than once that reading great works of fiction as a means of developing a sympathetic understanding.