Geburtsdatum | Donnerstag, 27. April 1820 |
Geburtsort | Derby |
Todesdatum | Dienstag, 08. Dezember 1903 |
Todesort | Brighton |
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Beschreibung | Herbert Spencer (* 27. April 1820 in Derby; † 8. Dezember 1903 in Brighton) war ein englischer Philosoph und Soziologe. Als Erster wandte er die Evolutionstheorie (hier: das Konzept des Survival of the Fittest) auf die gesellschaftliche Entwicklung an und begründete damit das Paradigma des Evolutionismus, das oft als Vorläufer des Sozialdarwinismus angesehen wird. |
Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced 'mirage'.
Science is organized knowledge.
The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
Government is essentially immoral.
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter.
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.
