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Law of three stages
States that society as a whole develops through theological, metaphysical, and positive stages. Using supernatural, abstract, and facts to provide sociological thinking
“1.2B: Early Thinkers and Comte.” Social Sci LibreTexts, 26 July 2018, socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Introduction_to_Sociology/Sociology_(Boundless)/01%3A_Sociology/1.02%3A_The_History_of_Sociology/1.2B%3A_Early_Thinkers_and_Comte#:~:text=Law%20of%20Three%20Stages%3A%20The. Accessed 23 July 2023. -
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The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte
Auguste Compte promoted personal and public ethics and social cohesion based on the strict scientific method. He then anticipated twentieth-century logical positivism and secular humanism.
Comte, Auguste. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte. Translated by Harriet Martineau. Cambridge University Press, vol. 2, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009, www.cambridge.org/core/books/positive-philosophy-of-auguste-comte/BAD24EDAC5776BB40581A39DF02BF3EC#:~:text=Comte. Accessed 23 July 2023. -
Auguste Comte coined the term sociology
Auguste Comte coined the term sociology using the Latin term socius which means companion, and the Greek term, logia, which is the study of speech. Auguste Comte believed that sociology could unite all sciences and improve society. “1.2B: Early Thinkers and Comte.” Social Sci LibreTexts, 26 July 2018, socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Introduction_to_Sociology/Sociology_(Boundless)/01%3A_Sociology/1.02%3A_The_History_of_Sociology/1.2B%3A_Early_Thinkers_and_Comte. -
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System of Positive Polity
Emphasis on morality, and moral progress, is the main focus of human knowledge regardless of policy, or political events. This work attempts to explain that the main concerns of knowledge are morality and moral progress. This is Auguste Compte's final work in sociology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVamhT4Q3s “System of Positive Polity | Work by Comte | Britannica.” Www.britannica.com, www.britannica.com/topic/System-of-Positive-Polity. Accessed 23 July 2023.