Synopsis:
- Positivism
- Three stages of human development, corresponding to three stages of the human mind
- Theological stage (events are explained by gods, kings rule)
- Abstract stage (events are explained by philosophy, democracy rules)
- Scientific ("positive") stage (there is no absolute explanation, but empirical science provides useful generalizations)
- Sociology: Science of society
- Society undergoes the same three stages as Science
- Scientists will rule countries in the last stage
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