Spencer, Herbert 1820-1903

First principles by Herbert Spencer ( Book )
224 editions published between 1860 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 1,819 libraries worldwide
"The present volume is the first of a series designed to unfold the principles of a new philosophy. It is divided into two parts: the aim of the first being to determine the true sphere of all rational investigation, and of the second, to elucidate those fundamental and universal principles which science has established within that sphere, and which are to constitute the basis of the system. The scheme of truth developed in these First Principles is complete in itself, and has its independent value; but it is designed by the author to serve for guidance and verification in the construction of the succeeding and larger portions of his philosophic plan"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

The principles of sociology by Herbert Spencer ( Book )
207 editions published between 1874 and 2008 in 6 languages and held by 1,807 libraries worldwide

The man versus the state by Herbert Spencer ( Book )
106 editions published between 1881 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 1,475 libraries worldwide

The principles of ethics by Herbert Spencer ( Book )
112 editions published between 1880 and 2008 in 9 languages and held by 1,443 libraries worldwide
"In this book, Herbert Spencer's second volume on The Principles of Ethics, he covers the ethics of social life (or justice), negative beneficence, positive beneficence, and a number of topics, such as Kant's theory of rights, land ownership, and animal rights. In the section on "Justice" he discusses property rights, free exchange, free speech, the rights of women and children, and the nature of the state. His formula for justice is summed up in these words: "Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

The study of sociology by Herbert Spencer ( Book )
176 editions published between 1873 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 1,433 libraries worldwide

The data of ethics by Herbert Spencer ( Book )
141 editions published between 1879 and 2011 in English and French and held by 1,352 libraries worldwide
"In this volume Herbert Spencer covers the "data" of ethics (Part I), the "inductions" of ethics (Part II), and the ethics of individual life (Part III). He maintains that there is a natural mechanism--an 'innate moral sense'--in human beings by which they come to arrive at certain moral intuitions and from which laws of conduct might be deduced. Spencer adopted a utilitarian standard of ultimate value--the greatest happiness of the greatest number--and the culmination of the evolutionary process would be the maximization of utility. In the perfect society individuals would not only derive pleasure from the exercise of altruism but would aim to avoid inflicting pain on others. This volume was subsequently published (in 1897) as the first part of The principles of ethics: Volume 1." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved).

Herbert Spencer on education by Herbert Spencer ( Book )
211 editions published between 1822 and 2007 in 15 languages and held by 1,302 libraries worldwide
"The Publishers take pleasure in offering to the American public the present work on Education, by an author who is eminent among the pioneer thinkers of the age. The course of nature from the germ to the matured organism is through advancing complexity; how then can the best training be secured unless the order of unfolding, and the laws and conditions of growth be understood? The future of educational progress must depend largely upon such knowledge, and in applying a masterly analysis to the subject, and bringing to bear upon it the results of the latest science, the Author has performed for us a very important service. In this work is presented a thoroughly broad exposition of the general principles of Education. The Author's view is comprehensive; his mind, rich in analogies and pertinent in illustration, takes the widest survey, and is universal in its perception of the relations of subjects. There is no partisanship, but a catholicity which cannot be too much valued. While one urges the claims of intellectual education, another presses the requirements of a moral education, and a third insists upon the demands of physical training. All are of course important, but each may separately be carried too far; and there is great danger of this when the advocate limits his view to a single side: for these are not independent parts of our nature, to be cultivated singly, but reciprocally and vitally dependant; and he alone can speak with an authoritative voice upon this great subject, who recognizes their close relations, whose glance includes the whole field, and who harmonizes and balances the various elements so as to produce a healthy and symmetrical culture. This is the special excellence of Mr. Spencer's work, which is fitly commenced by a lucid and able estimate of the relative value of the various forms of knowledge. It is put forth in the hope that it will prove useful to parents, instructors, and school directors, and become a valuable addition to the literature of education"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

Social statics, abridged and revised; together with The man versus the state by Herbert Spencer ( Book )
98 editions published between 1851 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,120 libraries worldwide

The principles of psychology by Herbert Spencer ( Book )
140 editions published between 1855 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,000 libraries worldwide
"The four parts of which this work consists, though intimately related to each other as different views of the same great aggregate of phenomena, are yet, in the main, severally independent and complete in themselves. A brief characterization of each part, will enable everyone to decide for himself which he may best commence with The General Analysis (of which the essential portion was originally published in the Westminster Review for October, 1853, under the title of "The Universal Postulate, " and reappears here with additional arguments and explanations is an inquiry concerning the basis of our intelligence. Its object is to ascertain the fundamental peculiarity of all modes of consciousness constituting knowledge proper-knowledge of the highest validity. The Special Analysis has for its aim, to resolve each species of cognition into its components. Commencing with the most involved ones, it seeks by successive decompositions to reduce cognitions of every order to those of the simplest kind; and so, finally to make apparent the common nature of all thought, and disclose its ultimate constituents. While these analytical parts deal with the phenomena of intelligence subjectively, and, as a necessary consequence, are confined to human intelligence; the synthetical parts deal with the phenomena of intelligence objectively, and so include not human intelligence, only, but intelligence under every form"--Préface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

Education: intellectual, moral, and physical by Herbert Spencer ( Book )
112 editions published between 1800 and 2009 in 13 languages and held by 992 libraries worldwide