What is the relationship between the Enlightenment and sociology?

However, are you speaking of the Enlightenment itself? If so, Auguste Comte, founder of the term (and arguably the field) sociology was inspired by the study of physical systems in classical physics. Why not a calculus of society? he reasoned, and embarked on the project, though he was a poor sociologist. Still, he did also think that sociology's rightful place is as "Queen of the Sciences", even proposing that all universities should be governed by the sociology department, who then apportion funds to the relatively less rigorous physical scientific thinkers. Perhaps I agree to some extent

The enlightenment resulted in a freedom to question, which led to a desire to understand how society functions