The correct option is B August Comte
August Comte
is an important French philosopher. He is the first
Social Philosopher. He is called as ‘the father of
Sociology’. He studied society scientifically and
provided the status of science for Sociology. This
effort of August Comte was strongly supported by
Hebert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber and
others. Comte used the word “Sociology’ for the first
time while delivering a public lecture on ‘Positive
Philosophy’.