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Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was regarded by the Victorians as the foremost philosopher of the age, the prophet of evolution at a time when the idea had gripped the popular imagination. Until recently Spencer's posthumous reputation rested almost excusively on his social and political thought, which has itself frequently been subject to serious misrepresentation. But historians of ideas now... Read more
Volume I: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Herbert Spencer. I.-HERBERT SPENCER: A BIOGRAPHICAL SXETCH II.-SPENCER'S EA.RLIER WORK-PREPARATION FOR THE SYNTHETIC PHILOSOPHY III.-THE SYNTHETIC PHILOSOPHY IV.-THE SPENCERIAN SOCIOLOGY V.-THE ETHICAL SYSTE~[ OF SPENCER VI.-RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF THE SPENCERIAN PHILOSOPHY APPENDlX.-CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MR. SPENCER'S WRITINGS
Biography
Herbert Spencer
