This thinker believed that society passed through theological, metaphysical, and scientific stages, which he outlined in The Course in Positive Philosophy.
This thinker argued that language, religion, and division of labor held human communities together. This man's normative theory envisioned a future in which people would "live for others." His quest for discovering "invariant laws of the natural and social world" was pursued through observation, experimentation, and comparison. The distinction between social structure and social change originated from the distinction he drew between (*) social statics and social dynamics. He put forth the idea of a hierarchical complexity of sciences, beginning with the simplest, astronomy, and ending with social science. This thinker believed that society passed through theological, metaphysical, and scientific stages, which he outlined in The Course in Positive Philosophy. For 10 points, name this French philosopher who both founded and coined the term "sociology."
This thinker argued that language, religion, and division of labor held human communities together.
Auguste Comte [or Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte]