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Social Statics: The Man Versus the State
Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was an English philosopher, best known for his scientific writings. Together with Charles Darwin and Thomas Huxley he was responsible for the acceptance of the theory of evolution. His well-known essay on Education: Intellectual, Moral and Physical was considered one of the most useful and profound books written on education.He projected a vast ...more
Paperback, 436 pages
Published
August 28th 2003
by University Press of the Pacific
(first published 1995)
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This is a book that, in my view, pretty much originated libertarian economic thought. I'm no expert on the subject though.
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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, incl...more
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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, incl...more
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