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.

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Great Fetish canonical 1

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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 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 Comte’s law of three stages ⓘ
linked to: law of three stages

Comte’s philosophy of history ⓘ
introducedBy 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 ⓘ

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Religion of Humanity → hasConcept → Great Fetish ⓘ