SPENCER, HERBERT (1820-1903 ) .
Education: Intellectual, Moral and Physical. By Herbert Spencer .
London: G. Manwaring, 8, King William Street, Strand, 1861 . 0. First edition. Brown leather spine and corners, over brown buckram boards. 8.75" x 5.5" x 0.75". 8vo. pp.vi - Prospectus / pp.vi /[2pp.] / pp.190 / [2pp. - Adverts] . With an advertisement for works by the author and a 6-page prospectus for a proposed series of works entitled "A system of philosophy" by the author. Clean text throughout. Small library stamp to verso of title-page. Also, library label to verso of the front board: "Cardiff Free Library". A very good half leather binding with gilt titles to spine. Just wear to the hinges. VG. ** "Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English polymath active as a philosopher, psychologist, biologist, sociologist, and anthropologist. Spencer originated the expression "survival of the fittest", which he coined in Principles of Biology (1864) after reading Charles Darwin's 1859 book On the Origin of Species. The term strongly suggests natural selection, yet Spencer saw evolution as extending into realms of sociology and ethics, so he also supported Lamarckism.
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