After the development of his mature ideas, this man practiced "cerebral hygiene", limiting his reading to the Imitation of Christ.
After the development of his mature ideas, this man practiced "cerebral hygiene", limiting his reading to the Imitation of Christ. This led to his final work, which catalogued the Fetishist and Theocratic periods of civilization and described the functions of worship. Aside from this so-called "catechism", he theorized about spontaneous order in society, which he explained in terms of voluntary and involuntary forms of affiliation. This, along with his idea of "universal consensus" was described in his most famous work, which included summaries of astronomy and mathematics and was translated into English by Harriet Martineau. That work also analyzed societal dynamics in terms of the "law of three stages.". FTP, identify this Frenchman who authored the Course of Positive Polity and coined the term sociology.
After the development of his mature ideas, this man practiced "cerebral hygiene", limiting his reading to the Imitation of Christ.
Auguste {Comte}