Spencer Herbert Books

Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher and sociologist, emerging as a prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era. He developed an all-encompassing concept of evolution, viewing it as the progressive development across the physical world, biological organisms, the human mind, and human cultures and societies. A fervent exponent of evolutionary thought, Spencer's contributions spanned a vast array of subjects, including ethics, religion, anthropology, economics, political theory, philosophy, literature, biology, sociology, and psychology. He is notably recognized for coining the phrase "survival of the fittest," a concept that significantly shaped subsequent discussions in social sciences.