SPENCER, Herbert (1820 – 1903)
1820 – 1903
3 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1864 CE–1867 CE
#119
The principles of biology. 2 vols.
In vol. 1 of this work written after Spencer read Darwin's On the origin of species, Spencer originated the expression "survival of the fittest." Spencer conceived that every species is endowed with its own type of ph…
1865 CE
#13516
Principles of psychology.
"Spencer's second book, Principles of Psychology, published in 1855, explored a physiological basis for psychology, and was the fruit of his friendship with Evans and Lewes. The book was founded on the fundamental ass…
1873 CE–1881 CE
#173
Descriptive sociology: A cyclopaedia of facts; representing the constitution of every type and grade of human society, past and present, stationary and progressive; classified and tabulated for easy comparison and convenient study of the relations of social phenomena. 8 pts.
Spencer founded and edited this series.