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Encyclopedia: Herbert Spencer
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Herbert Spencer, 1820-1903. The Victorian biologist and early social philosopher Herbert Spencer was a great rival of Charles Darwin's. Major Works of Herbert Spencer...
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Biographical information and an explanation of his philosophy. By William Sweet.
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Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) is typically, though quite wrongly, considered a coarse social Darwinist. After all, Spencer, and not Darwin, coined the infamous expression “survival of the fittest”, leading G. E. Moore to conclude erroneously in Principia Ethica (1903) that Spencer committed the naturalistic fallacy.
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From Herbert Spencer. Progress: Its Law and Cause; Herbert Spencer (18201903) was thinking about ideas of evolution and progress before Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species (1859). Nonetheless, his ideas received a major boost from Darwin's theories and the general application of ideas such as "adaptation"
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The phrase in fact appears to have been coined by a contemporary of Darwin's, the philosopher Herbert Spencer. 1967 The Evolution of Society: Selections from Herbert Spencer's Principles of Sociology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Peel, J.D.Y., ed.; 1972 Herbert Spencer: On Social Evolution. Chicago:
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Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) A Victorian biologist and philosopher, Herbert Spencer was born April 27th, 1820, at the height of British industrialism. He was educated at home in mathematics, natural science, history and English, among some other languages.
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Life and Times (1820-1903) I. THE PERSON A. BORN APRIL 27, 1820 DURING THE HEART OF BRITISH INDUSTRIALISM EDUCATED AT HOME - SICKLY (ALL 8 BROS & SISTERS DIED) TRAINED MOSTLY IN MATH AND NATURAL SCIENCE; A LITTLE IN HISTORY, ENGLISH, LANGUAGES ETC. WENT TO WORK ON RAILROAD AS ENGINEER B. SECONDARY PROPOSITIONS: A.
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The Man versus the State by Herbert Spencer 1884 Preface The Westminster Review for April 1860, contained an article entitled "Parliamentary Reform: the Dangers and the Safeguards." In that article I ventured to predict some results of political changes then proposed.
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British philosopher and sociologist, Herbert Spencer was a major figure in the intellectual life of the Victorian era. He was one of the principal proponents of evolutionary theory in the mid nineteenth century, and his reputation at the time rivaled that of Charles Darwin.
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