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Auguste Compte
Auguste Comte (1798–1857) is the founder of positivism, a philosophical and political movement which enjoyed a very wide diffusion in the second half of the nineteenth century. Auguste Comte was one of the founders of sociology and coined the term sociology. Comte believed sociology could unite all sciences and improve society. Comte was a positivist who argued that sociology must have a scientific base and be objective. Comte theorized a three-stage development of society. -
Auguste Comte Law of the three stages
Comte’s “law of the three stages” maintained that human intellectual development had moved historically from a theological stage, Metaphysic stage and human knowledge. Comte’s major works include his six-volume Cours de philosophie positive (1830–42; “Course of Positive Philosophy”; The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte) and his four-volume Système de politique positive (1851–54; System of Positive Polity). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVamhT4Q3s