English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which can not fail to keep a man in everlastingignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer»
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity. Herbert Spencer»
Education has for its object the formation of character. Herbert Spencer»
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts. Herbert Spencer»
If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less slaves If people by a plebisciteelect a man despot over them, do they remain free because the despotism was of their own making Herbert Spencer»
