NURSING ANM AND GNM

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SOCIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Considered to be the founder of Sociology
A
Auguste Comte
B
Herbert Spencer
C
Karl Marx
D
Emile Durkheim
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Auguste Comte, in full Isidore-Auguste-Marie-François-Xavier Comte, (born January 19, 1798, Montpellier, France-died September 5, 1857, Paris), French philosopher known as the founder of sociology and of positivism. Comte gave the science of sociology its name and established the new subject in a systematic fashion.

Detailed explanation-2: -The founders of sociology-Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer and Karl Marx-intended to create, each in his own fashion, a universal science of society.

Detailed explanation-3: -19th century: defining sociology. In 1838, the French scholar Auguste Comte ultimately gave sociology the definition that it holds today. Comte had earlier expressed his work as “social physics", however that term would be appropriated by others such as Belgian statistician Adolphe Quetelet.

Detailed explanation-4: -“The Study of Society” (August Comte, 1798-1857) 1. Sociology is the discipline that attempts to understand the forces outside us that shape our lives, interests, and personalities. (

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