Great Fetish
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The Great Fetish is a central symbolic object in Auguste Comte’s Religion of Humanity, representing the veneration of the Earth as a living, nurturing entity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Fetish canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concept in positivist religion
ⓘ
religious symbol ⓘ symbolic object ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cult of Humanity
ⓘ
positivism ⓘ secular religion ⓘ |
| conceptualOpposedTo | traditional theistic worship of a transcendent God ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| doctrineContext | Comtean positivism ⓘ |
| documentedIn | writings of Auguste Comte on the Religion of Humanity ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
immanence of the sacred in the Earth
ⓘ
moral obligation to Humanity and Earth ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
history of religion
ⓘ
intellectual history ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| hasCreator |
Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte
ⓘ
surface form:
Auguste Comte
|
| hasPurpose |
to provide a concrete focus for secular veneration
ⓘ
to replace supernatural worship with positivist symbolism ⓘ |
| hasRole | central symbolic object in the Religion of Humanity ⓘ |
| hasTheologicalStatus |
fetish in Comtean sense
ⓘ
object of veneration ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
law of three stages
ⓘ
surface form:
Comte’s law of three stages
Comte’s philosophy of history ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte
ⓘ
surface form:
Auguste Comte
|
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Religion of Humanity ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Great Being
ⓘ
Great Milieu ⓘ Humanity as a collective being ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Religion of Humanity ⓘ |
| represents | Earth ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Earth as a living entity
ⓘ
Earth as a nurturing entity ⓘ human dependence on the Earth ⓘ positivist reverence for nature ⓘ veneration of the Earth ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| usedIn | rituals of the Religion of Humanity ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.