Herbert Spencer
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title:
Herbert Spencer
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Herbert Spencer 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
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English philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Spencer
date created:
2003-06-18T17:11:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T14:45:33Z
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