The origins of sociology and the coining of the term by Auguste Comte, one of the important thinkers in the history of the

The origins of sociology and the coining of the term by Auguste Comte, one of the important thinkers in the history of the discipline, are usually traced back to 1839. However, others trace intellectual concern for sociological issues much further back, and it could be argued that scholars have been thinking sociologically since the early history of humankind. However, it was not until about a half-century after Comte's creation of the concept that sociology began to develop as a formal and clearly distinct discipline, primarily in Europe and the United States. It was another French thinker, Émile Durkheim, who in the late 1800s was responsible for distinguishing clearly the subject matter of sociology from neighbouring fields such as psychology and biology. Sociology became institutionalised in France, as well as in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. While sociology in the United States did not take the early lead in the development of key ideas and theories, it did move strongly in the direction of institutionalisation. 41. Which of the following can be understood from the passage regarding the origins of sociology?
A) It started to grow as a branch of social science after the introduction of the concept.
B) Early scholars are not believed to have added anything to the field until the term was introduced.
C) Durkheim was unable to define the distinctive features of the field from the others.
D) Scholars were not interested in the field, so they disregarded it until it was institutionalised.
E) Comte was the first thinker who distinguished the different aspects of the field from the others.