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Raimundo Teixeira Mendes (5 January 1855 – 28 June 1927) was a Brazilian philosopher and mathematician. He is credited with creating the national motto , "Order and Progress", as well as the national flag on which it appears.
Brazilian philosopher and mathematician, he founded the Igreja and Apostolado Positivista with his brother-in-law Miguel Lemos in 1881. Teixeira Mendes is also credited with creating the national motto, “Order and Progress,” as well as the Brazilian flag in which it appears, in 1889.
Today, positivism's most visible legacy is Brazil's flag – designed by the positivist "apostle" Raimundo Teixeira Mendes – whose motto of Ordem e Progresso (order and progress) is a condensed...
One of the singular forces behind the spread of positivism in Brazil was the Positivist Church of Brazil, founded by Miguel Lemos and his brother-in-law Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, who had both studied with Comte in Paris.
Raimundo Teixeira Mendes (Caxias, 5 de janeiro de 1855 — Rio de Janeiro, 28 de junho de 1927) foi um filósofo e matemático brasileiro, autor da bandeira nacional republicana.
As founders and leaders of the Brazilian Positivist Apostolate and Church in Rio de Janeiro, Lemos and Teixeira Mendes served, respectively, as the first Director and Vice-Director. The collection serves as a testimony of the profound influence that positivism had in Brazil.
Jan 1, 2019 · Pursuing a pacific, altruistic, and positive society, Lemos and Teixeira Mendes championed the causes of freedom of consciousness and expression, the separation of church and State, the end of black slavery, the dignity of proletarians and Brazilian indigenous peoples, the international fraternity, and so on.
