Law of three stages
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For Kierkegaard's theory of the three stages, see Three stages of life of Søren Kierkegaard.
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.