Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects pdf

赫伯特·斯宾塞 (Herbert Spencer) 是一位英国哲学家、心理学家、生物学家、人类学家和社会学家，以他的社会达尔文主义假设而闻名。斯宾塞在阅读查尔斯·达尔文的《物种起源》后，在《生物学原理》（1864）中创造了“适者生存”这一表述。该术语强烈暗示自然选择，但斯宾塞认为进化延伸到社会学和伦理学领域，因此他也支持拉马克主义。
斯宾塞提出了一个包罗万象的进化概念，即物质世界、生物有机体、人类思想、人类文化和社会的逐步发展。作为一个博学的人，他为广泛的学科做出了贡献，包括伦理学、宗教学、人类学、经济学、政治理论、哲学、文学、天文学、生物学、社会学和心理学。在他的一生中，他获得了巨大的权威，主要是在说英语的学术界。 “唯一一位获得如此广泛声望的英国哲学家是伯特兰·罗素，那是在 20 世纪。斯宾塞是“19 世纪最后几十年中最著名的欧洲知识分子”，但他的影响力在此后急剧下降1900 年：“现在谁会读 Spencer？”Talcott Parsons 在 1937 年问道。

Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects pdf 赫伯特·斯宾塞

This volume book contains a collection of philosophical essays written by Herbert Spencer. The essays contained within this book were originally published in the 'Westminster Review', the 'North British Review', and the 'British Quarterly Review'. They include: Educational: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical, What Knowledge is of Most Worthy, Intellectual Education, Moral Education, Physical Education, Progress: It s Law and Cause, On Manners and Fashion, and more. This fantastic collection is highly recommended for those with a keen interest in nineteenth century philosophy, and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Spencer s work. Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903) was an esteemed English philosopher, anthropologist, biologist, and sociologist. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author."