Herbert Spencer

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Herbert Spencer was a 19th-century English philosopher and sociologist best known for applying evolutionary theory to social and ethical issues and popularizing the concept of "survival of the fittest."

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political theorist ⓘ
sociologist ⓘ
birthDate 1820-04-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Derby, England ⓘ
linked to: Derby
burialPlace Highgate Cemetery, London ⓘ
coinedTerm survival of the fittest ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1903-12-08 ⓘ
deathPlace Brighton, England ⓘ
linked to: Brighton
era 19th-century philosophy ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
fieldOfWork education theory ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
influenced American social Darwinists ⓘ
Friedrich Hayek ⓘ
Lester Frank Ward ⓘ
William Graham Sumner ⓘ
Émile Durkheim ⓘ
influencedBy Auguste Comte ⓘ
Charles Darwin ⓘ
Herbert Spencer's father, William George Spencer ⓘ
John Stuart Mill ⓘ
Thomas Malthus ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement classical liberalism ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
positivism ⓘ
social Darwinism ⓘ
linked to: Social Darwinism
name Herbert Spencer ⓘ
notableIdea evolutionary ethics ⓘ
laissez-faire social policy ⓘ
law of equal freedom ⓘ
organic analogy of society ⓘ
social evolutionism ⓘ
survival of the fittest ⓘ
notableWork Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical ⓘ
First Principles ⓘ
Social Statics ⓘ
The Man Versus the State ⓘ
The Principles of Psychology ⓘ
The Principles of Sociology ⓘ
occupation philosopher ⓘ
political theorist ⓘ
sociologist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
philosophicalSchool evolutionary philosophy ⓘ
utilitarianism (broadly associated) ⓘ
positionHeld editor of The Economist (early career, sub-editor) ⓘ
viewOnGovernment advocated minimal state intervention ⓘ
viewOnReligion agnosticism ⓘ

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