Author: Herbert SpencerPublisher:
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Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
The Principles of Biology
Author: Herbert SpencerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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A System of Synthetic Philosophy
Author: Herbert SpencerThe Principles of Biology
Author: Herbert SpencerFirst Principles
Author: Herbert SpencerPublisher:
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Category : Philosophy, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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The Principles of Ethics
Author: Herbert SpencerPublisher:
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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The Principles of Sociology
Author: Herbert SpencerPublisher:
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Category : Sociology
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Was Hitler a Darwinian?
Author: Robert J. RichardsPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022605909X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
In tracing the history of Darwin’s accomplishment and the trajectory of evolutionary theory during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most scholars agree that Darwin introduced blind mechanism into biology, thus banishing moral values from the understanding of nature. According to the standard interpretation, the principle of survival of the fittest has rendered human behavior, including moral behavior, ultimately selfish. Few doubt that Darwinian theory, especially as construed by the master’s German disciple, Ernst Haeckel, inspired Hitler and led to Nazi atrocities. In this collection of essays, Robert J. Richards argues that this orthodox view is wrongheaded. A close historical examination reveals that Darwin, in more traditional fashion, constructed nature with a moral spine and provided it with a goal: man as a moral creature. The book takes up many other topics—including the character of Darwin’s chief principles of natural selection and divergence, his dispute with Alfred Russel Wallace over man’s big brain, the role of language in human development, his relationship to Herbert Spencer, how much his views had in common with Haeckel’s, and the general problem of progress in evolution. Moreover, Richards takes a forceful stand on the timely issue of whether Darwin is to blame for Hitler’s atrocities. Was Hitler a Darwinian? is intellectual history at its boldest.
Social Statics: Or, the Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified, and the First of Them Developed
Author: Herbert SpencerPublisher:
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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The Principles of Psychology
Author: Herbert SpencerPublisher:
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Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Life and Letters of Herbert Spencer
Author: David DuncanPublisher:
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Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Presents a biography of the British philosopher and sociologist, Herbert Spencer, who was a major figure in the intellectual life of the Victorian era. He was one of the principal proponents of evolutionary theory in the mid nineteenth century and his reputation rivaled that of Charles Darwin. This story of his life is based on selected correspondence and previously unpublished papers.