______ was one of the first to argue that sociology could make sense of the social changes resulting from the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.
A) Harriet Martineau
B) W.E.B. Du Bois
C) Auguste Comte
D) Jane Addams

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Auguste Comte was the founder of sociology and one of the first to argue that the social changes resulting from the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution could be understood through the scientific study of society. Harriet Martineau, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Jane Addams were also important early sociologists, but they came later than Comte and built on his ideas.

______ Was One of the First to Argue That Sociology