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