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Herbert Spencer: Collected Writings (Hardcover)
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Herbert Spencer: Collected Writings (Hardcover)
Series: Collected Works
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Herbert Spencer 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. His ambition was to
construct a "Synthetic Philosophy" which unified all knowledge by
demonstrating evolution to be at work throughout the universe from
the nebulae to human society. In so doing he made important
contributions to biology, psychology, sociology, and philosophy,
and his writ ran from the intellectual elite - Darwin called him
"our great philosopher" - through the professional classes to the
working men whom Beatrice Webb once overheard discussing his ideas
on a train. Until recently Spencer's posthumous reputation rested
almost exclusively on his social and political thought, which has
itself frequently been subject to serious misrepresentation. But
historians of ideas now recognise that an acquaintance with
Spencer's thought is essential for the proper understanding of many
aspects of Victorian intellectual life, and the present selection
is designed to answer this need.
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