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State whether the following statement are true or false with reason :Auguste Comte formulated the theories of Law of Three Stages. |
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Answer» This statement is True. 1. According to Comte every individual develops as per his stages of development in childhood, in adolescence and in adulthood. 2. The evolution of human mind takes place along with the evolution of the individual mind. 3. Human knowledge passes through these three stages of evolution, theological stage Comte is of the view that in the first stage, ideas and views were influenced by spiritual and supernatural factors, metaphysical stage. In this stage, explanations based on faith in supernatural beings were replaced by those based on abstract power, positive stage this is an improved and scientific form of human thinking. 4. Comte wanted Sociology to develop through these stages. Hence, Auguste Comte formulated the theories of ‘Law of Three Stages’. |
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