就學科本質而言，「社會學理論」本來就等於「社會學」，至少也是「社會學」的精華濃縮版，而且兩者的性質都相當於現今所謂「社會理論」。從思想形態之根源來看，「社會學理論」原本只是一種「學院學者的社會思想」，應該回歸於廣大壯闊的「社會思想史」；而「社會思想史」又只是一種西方近現代歷史意識的思想形態，應該還歸於更古雅大度的「政治哲學」。

　　　　　Disciplinarily speaking, ‘Sociological Theory’ is essentially equal to ‘Sociology,’ at least equal to the essential and condensed version of ‘Sociology,’ and both two by nature belong to the contemporarily so-called ‘Social Theory.’Retrieving the descendent relationship of modes of thinking, ‘Sociological Theory’ is originally a kind of ‘Academic Social Thought,’ hence it is in fact a family member of the thoughts which are studied by ‘History of Social Thought.’ Similarly, ‘History of Social Thought’ is in fact merely the mode of thinking of historical consciousness which appears in the modern period, hence it is originally a degenerate of the noble form of ancient ‘Political Philosophy.’