Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencerwas an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 April 1820
darwin express mechanical races sought struggle survival
The survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. Darwin has called "natural selection, or the preservation of favored races in the struggle for life.
recognition manifestation all-things
Religion is the recognition that all things are manifestations of a Power which transcends our knowledge.
time men always-trying
Time is that which a man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him.
time fall flower
Noiseless falls the foot of time That only treads on flowers.
numbers gains opinion
The presumption that any current opinion is not wholly false, gains in strength according to the number of its adherents.
equality men progress
It is a commonly observed fact that the enslavement of women is invariably associated with a low type of social life, and that, conversely, her elevation towards an equality with man uniformly accompanies progress.
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There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation