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Herbert Spencer

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born

in Derby, Derbyshire, East Midlands, The United Kingdom

April 27, 1820

died

December 08, 1903

gender

male

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Philosophy, Science, Social Sciences

influences

Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley

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Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) was an English philosopher, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era.

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, biology, sociology, and psychology. During his lifetime he achieved tremendous authority, mainly in English-speaking academia. In 1902 he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.[1] Indeed, in the United Kingdom and the United States at "one time Spencer's disciples had not...more

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Average rating: 3.85 · 154 ratings · 19 reviews · 64 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Man Versus the State 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1884 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Social Statics; Or, The Conditions Essential To Human Happiness Specified, And The First Of Them Developed 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1851 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Principles 4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1862 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Philosophy of Style 3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1852 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Facts And Comments 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spencer: Political Writings by Herbert Spencer, John Offer (Editor), Raymond Geuss (Editor) 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays On Education And Kindred Subjects 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Herbert Spencer: An Autobiography Part One 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1904 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Principles of Ethics: Volume II 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1897 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Illustrations of Universal Progress: A Series of Discussions by Herbert Spencer; With a Notice of Spencer's "New System of Philosophy" 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1865	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars