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The word “sociology” was coined by Auguste Comte in the 1830s; however, the idea of sociology had been developing for more than a century. Indeed, sociological theory drew on an intellectual heritage stretching back to the Hebrew Bible, Ancient Greece, and Rome, and the birth of Christianity. The roots of modern sociological theory may be traced to changes starting in the 17th century that built on these traditional philosophical foundations.