Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher and prominent classic-liberal political theorist. Spencer developed an all-embracing conception of evolution as the progressive development of the physical world, biological organisms, the human mind, and human culture and societies. The lifelong bachelor contributed to a wide range of subjects, including ethics, metaphysics, religion, politics, rhetoric, biology, sociology, and psychology. Wikipedia
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Spencer was born on April 27, 1820, in Derby, in the bleak and dismal English Midlands, the heart of British industry. He was the oldest of nine children and the only one to survive. His father, George Spencer, and his whole family were staunch nonconfo www.bolender.com/Dr.%20Ron/SOC4044%20Sociological%20Theor...
The Origin and Context of Herbert Spencer's Thought ( Turner, Beeghley, & Powers, 2002, pp. www.bolender.com/Sociological%20Theory/Spencer,%20Herbert...
The Right to Ignore the State by Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) Herbert Spencer was an incredible prophet and a magnificent defender of laissez-faire. www.constitution.org/hs/ignore_state.htm