Auguste Comte: Positivism and the Three Stages (European Philosophers)

Auguste Comte, a nineteenth century philosopher, is most famous for his Law of Three Stages (Theological, Metaphysical, and Positive). He was a pioneer of sociology and the father of positivism, a way of looking at the world based exclusively on scientific evidence independent of religion or metaphysics. In this lecture, I introduce Comte and briefly explain each of the three stages.

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[Jezibah]

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[biankakontrova]

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[toxictonic]

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[iammrbeat]

Are you positive about positive not always meaning positive?

[christophers.bjornstad]

Thanks for putting a little humor in these subjects. It makes learning more fun.

[treeg]

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[lebogangmoeti]

the lecturer explained this in class but now i understand more after watching this, especially the first stage- Theological, and its substages (fetishism, polytheism & monotheism).. Thank you very much sir. Much love from South Africa❤️️❤️️❤️️

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[jagtarsian]

You made it easier to comprehend. Thank you.

[kromine]

Just now learning about this in my sociology class. Thank you for breaking this down the three stages, it really helped me understand it better.

[surneshmutum]

I was about to say, "God bless you Tommy" but then positivism be like "Seriously!"

[shelleyfunny]

You always break it down into understandables. Which makes it easy to assimilate with today-isms. Thanks!!

[ItsAuntNiNi]

god thank you! My Socio-Theory teacher told us to read this INCREDIBLY old book about Comte and it was like reading Shakespeare. Thank you for explaining it in a more modern tone that I can actually understand!

[abbyweiss]

Thank you! A lot easier for me to watch and listen than to read in terms that I do not understand. You explained everything well and easy for me to understand.

[johnmarimigallon]

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[jasperalfonso]

Thank you so much for your very informative discussion. I am a teacher and I used your video to teach my students about the works of Auguste Comte.

[johnurie]

I liked that you expanded on your explanations and descriptions with relatable subjects. For example, the Newton/Einstien thing really gave me an understanding of the point you were explaining. Wish we had a tutor like that...