ABSTRACT
The central idea of Comtean positivism is the law of three stages in the history of the evolution of human mind. Comte proclaimed that all the sciences pass through similar stages of development but not necessarily at the same speed. The first stage, the theological stage, according to Kolakowski, ' ' covers mankind's progress from fetishism to polytheism and on to mono theism; it corresponds to the most primitive stage of social life theocracy . ' ' 1 1 The second stage is the metaphysical stage. In this stage, the scientific constructs were based on observed facts, such as "forces," "qualities and quantities ," and "proper ties. " The third, or positive, stage of intellectual development correlates with the Age of the Enlightenment. In this stage, August Comte introduced his ideas of social reform, which are quite different from those of the philosophers of the Enlighten ment. He rejected Lockean individualism. On the contrary, Comte embraced the view of society as an organic whole (here the tinge of Romanticism comes into the picture). Furthermore, Comte ' s view of the organic whole is also different from Aris totle and St. Thomas. The organic society of Comte must be based on science.
