answers: Auguste Comte
context: (b) The priestly office ("munus sacerdotale") consists of the satisfaction made for the sins of the world by the death on the cross, and in the continued intercession of the exalted Savior for his people ("redemptio et intercessio sacerdotalis"). (c) The kingly office ("munus regium"), whereby Christ founded his kingdom, defends his church against all enemies, and rules all things in heaven and on earth. The old divines distinguish between the reign of nature ("regnum naturae sive potentiae"), which embraces all things; the reign of grace ("regnum gratiae"), which relates to the church militant on earth; and the reign of </s> Law of three stages The law of three stages is an idea developed by Auguste Comte in his work "The Course in Positive Philosophy". It states that society as a whole, and each particular science, develops through three mentally conceived stages: (1) the theological stage, (2) the metaphysical stage, and (3) the positive stage. (1) The Theological stage refers to explanation by personified deities. During the earlier stages, people believe that all the phenomena of nature are the creation of the divine or supernatural. Men and children failed to discover the natural causes of various phenomena and hence attributed them </s> largely governed by metaphysical uphill. (3) The Positivity stage, also known as the scientific stage, refers to scientific explanation based on observation, experiment, and comparison. Positive explanations rely upon a distinct method, the scientific method, for their justification. Today people attempt to establish cause and effect relationships. Positivism is a purely intellectual way of looking at the world; as well, it emphasizes observation and classification of data and facts. This is the highest, most evolved behavior according to Comte. Comte, however, was conscious of the fact that the three stages of thinking may or do coexist in the same society
question: who is propounder of law of three stages