Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English polymath active as a philosopher, psychologist, biologist, sociologist, and anthropologist. Spencer originated the expression "survival of the fittest", which he coined in ''Principles of Biology'' (1864) after reading Charles Darwin's 1859 book ''On the Origin of Species''. The term strongly suggests natural selection, yet Spencer saw evolution as extending into realms of sociology and ethics, so he also supported Lamarckism.Spencer developed an all-embracing conception of evolution as the progressive development of the physical world, biological organisms, the human mind, and human culture and societies. As a polymath, he contributed to a wide range of subjects, including ethics, religion, anthropology, economics, political theory, philosophy, literature, astronomy, biology, sociology, and psychology. During his lifetime he achieved tremendous authority, mainly in English-speaking academia. Spencer was "the single most famous European intellectual in the closing decades of the nineteenth century" but his influence declined sharply after 1900: "Who now reads Spencer?" asked Talcott Parsons in 1937. Provided by Wikipedia
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First principles / by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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Essays : scientific, political, and speculative / by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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The principles of biology / by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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The principles of ethics / by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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The principles of sociology / by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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The principles of psychology / by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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Social statics, abridged and revised : together with The man versus the state / by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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On social evolution; selected writings. by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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Herbert Spencer on education. by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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Various fragments. by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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First principles. by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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The man versus the state. by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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The principles of sociology, by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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Social statics; or, The conditions essential to human happiness specified, and the first of them developed. by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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The study of sociology / by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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Herbert Spencer, by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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Literary style and music, including two short essays on gracefulness and beauty. by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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Facts and comments. by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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The study of sociology. by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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The principles of sociology. by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
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