The word sociology is derived from Latin word 'Socious' meaning 'Society' and the Greek word 'Logos' meaning 'Study'. Sociology mainly studies the group, instead of emphasising on individual. In this 'Positive Philosophy' which Comte asks for the creation of distinct science of society which should be based on the formula "To Know, To Predict, To Control"
MacIver and Page defines the sociology as the study of "Social relationship" and Max Weber says that " Sociology is a science which attempts the under interpretative understanding of social action in order there by to arrive at a causal explanation of its cause and effects."
Durkheim defines sociology as the study of "Social Facts". And Small defines Sociology as " the science of social relations." Thus, sociology can be said to be a science of society, which studies human beings in interactions within a cultural frame work.
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