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Excerpt from Historical Sociology: A Textbook of Politics
1. Sociology as Me 771500 of H uman Fellow skzfi - The name, Sociology, was invented by Auguste Comte, the founder of the positivist philosophy. In order to form this name, Comte took the Latin word 'socius, ' which means a companion or fellow, and the Greek word 'logos, ' which may be translated 'theory.'
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