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8 The tragic genius who tried to unify all human knowledge
There is a deep historical tension between the desire for organic social order and the irreversible rise of the industrial and scientific revolutions. This discussion explores the life of a man who attempted to resolve this conflict by creating a new logic of historical development.This episode examines the "Law of Three Stages," a theory where human civilizations must move from attributing events to the intentionality of gods to establishing mathematical laws. We analyze Comte’s ambition to place sociology at the apex of a logical hierarchy, effectively creating a "super science" intended to…
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