Herbert Spencer

Spencer at the age of 73 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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    Les premiers principes / by Spencer, Herbert

    Published 1885
    Book
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    L'individu contre l'etat / by Spencer, Herbert

    Published 1904
    Book
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    Los datos de la sociología / by Spencer, Herbert

    Book
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    Justice / by Spencer, Herbert

    Published 1893
    Book
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    Los datos de la sociología / by Spencer, Herbert

    Book
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    Introduction a la science sociale / by Spencer, Herbert

    Published 1886
    Book
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    De las leyes en general / by Spencer, Herbert

    Book
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    Estudios políticos y sociales / by Spencer, Herbert

    Book
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    Estudios políticos y sociales / by Spencer, Herbert

    Published 1909
    Book
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    Los primeros principios / by Spencer, Herbert

    Published 1909
    Book
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    De las leyes en general / by Spencer, Herbert

    Book
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    La evolución de las sociedades / by Spencer, Herbert

    Article
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    Le role moral de la bienfaisance / by Spencer, Herbert

    Published 1895
    Book
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    Principes de biologie / by Spencer, Herbert

    Published 1910
    Book
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    Introduction a la science sociale / by Spencer, Herbert

    Published 1908
    Book
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    Les institutions professionnelles et industielles / by Spencer, Herbert

    Published 1898
    Book
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    El hombre contra el Estado / by Spencer, Herbert

    Published 1945
    Book
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    De l'éducation : intellectuelle, morale et physique / by Spencer, Herbert

    Published 1912
    Book
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    Origen de las profesiones / by Spencer, Herbert

    Book
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    Classification des sciences / by Spencer, Herbert

    Published 1909
    Book