Spencers god was Evolution, sometimes also called Progress.

Sociology should... be thought of as a science of action-of the ultimate common value element in its relations to the other elements of action.

A gloss is a total system of perception and language.

The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.

Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems.

Science is intimately integrated with the whole social structure and cultural tradition. They mutually support one other-only in certain types of society can science flourish, and conversely without a continuous and healthy development and application of science such a society cannot function properly.

But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory.