Comte's stages were (1) the theological stage, (2) the metaphysical stage, and (3) the positive stage. (1) The Theological stage was seen from the perspective of 19th century France as preceding the Enlightenment, in which man's place in society and society's restrictions upon man were referenced to God.
For the Worcestershire village, see Hallow, Worcestershire. To hallow is to make holy or sacred, to sanctify or consecrate, to venerate. The adjective form hallowed, as used in The Lord's Prayer, means holy, consecrated, sacred, or revered. The noun form hallow, as used in Hallowtide, is a synonym of the word saint.
The word UpaniÃ ad is the name of a given subject matter, self-knowledge, just as the. words geography and biology are names denoting particular subject matters. Thus, the meaning of the word UpaniÃ ad is self-knowledge. The word itself is made up. of two prefixes (upa and ni) and a word, sat or sad, from the root sad. This root has a three-fold. meaning: wearing out (visaranam); putting an end to (avasadanam); and reaching or knowing. (gamanam). The word sat is the agent of the action indicated by its root and, therefore, means that.