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Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Herbert Spencer

By Herbert Spencer

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Explore the collected works of a 19th-century thinker as he examines the evolution of knowledge, ethics, and society itself.

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"Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Herbert Spencer" by Herbert Spencer is a collection that gathers together the writings of a philosopher and sociologist known for his thoughts on education, morality, life science, and political ideas. Put together in the 1800s, it provides a view into Spencer's major beliefs and impact on how we understand society. The book points to important writings such as "Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects," "The Data of Ethics," and "The Principles of Biology," among others. Spencer looks at ideas like how behavior changes over time, what makes knowledge scientific, and how societies grow. His thinking often highlights evolution as key to understanding both living things and culture, pushing for the idea that different areas of knowledge are linked. This collection acts as both a history of Spencer's works and a helpful tool for readers interested in the origins of sociological and ethical ideas.

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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.

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