In the theological phase, magic thinking attributes intentionality and responsibility to objects; ancient Greeks could hold a statue responsible if it fell on someone, a holdover from magical thinking about the attribution of agency to inanimate objects.

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in ancient greece if a statue fell down fell on someone you could hold the statue responsible...that is a holdover from this magic thinking

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Comte and the Origins of SociologyMichael Sugrue
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:39:37 AM

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