Herbert Spencer, an influential British biologist and philosopher, is remembered for introducing the phrase “survival of the fittest” in his work “Principles of Biology” after being inspired by Charles Darwin’s seminal text, “On the Origin of Species.” Spencer further extended Darwinian concepts to societal interactions, advocating that the principles of natural selection could justify capitalism,...
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