Herbert Spencer: 73 books

Spencer had caught a vision of what might be in store for mankind if its potential were free to realize itself. — Edmund A. Opitz, The Freeman This volume contains the four essays that Spencer published as The Man Versus the State in 1884 as well as five essays added by later publishers....

L’homme et la femme ont-ils la même nature mentale ? Comment sont déterminés les caractères masculins et féminins ? D’après Herbert Spencer, affirmer que les hommes et les femmes ont la même nature mentale, est aussi fausse que d’affirmer qu’ils ont les mêmes caractéristiques corporelles....

This book based on the work of Herbert Spencer, is published in the collection “History of Scientific Knowledge” "Speaking broadly, every man works that he may avoid suffering. Here, remembrance of the pangs of hunger prompts him; and there, he is prompted by the sight of the slave-driver's...

Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher and prominent social theorist of the Victorian era. In his work The Philosophy of Style he argues that written language should be as easy to understand as possible, allowing for the most effective and efficient possible communication. His suggestions for sentence structure supported ideas on formalist rhetoric.

Originally published in 1910. Author: Herbert Spencer Language: English Keywords: Philosophy Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This book based on the work of Herbert Spencer and published by the collection “History of Scientific Knowledge”, deals with the evolution of the family and analyses the contrast between the principle of family life and the principle of social life.

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Herbert Spencer was an incredible prophet and a magnificent defender of laissez-faire. Among his numerous works is The Man Versus The State, first published in 1884.That book launched one of the most spirited attacks on statism ever written. Heridiculed the idea that government intervention of any...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS I. - A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. H. R. Fox Bourne II. - HIS CAREER IN THE INDIA HOUSE. W. T. Thornton III. - HIS MORAL CHARACTER. Herbert Spencer IV. - HIS BOTANICAL STUDIES. Henry Trimen V. - HIS PLACE AS A CRITIC. W. Minto VI. - HIS WORK...

Although philosophers have been pontificating on education and pedagogy since ancient times, Victorian thinker Herbert Spencer's ideas about education proved to be instrumental in helping to shape modern thinking about teaching and learning. The four essays collected in this volume were particularly...

Et si l’Etat finissait par disparaître ? Et si un jour, l’homme n’avait plus besoin de cette institution « archaïque et obsolète » ? Défenseur des rapports contractuels, des libertés individuelles et de la fin à venir de l’Etat, Herbert Spencer est considéré pour certains,...

In 'The Principles of Sociology' Spencer rejected the sociology of Auguste Comte's positivism and made some valuable contributions to early sociology, attempting to reformulate social science in terms of evolutionary biology. A 'social organism' evolved from the simpler state to the more complex according...

 One of the author’s many treatises on the foundations of knowledge, this collection focuses on science. Part One, “The Unknowable,” discusses ultimate religious and scientific theories which Spencer sees as unknowable. Part Two, “The Knowable,” explains data; concepts such as motion, forces,...

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