HERBERT SPENCER

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• HERBERT SPENCER (noun)
  The noun HERBERT SPENCER has 1 sense:

1. English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)

  Familiarity information: HERBERT SPENCER used as a noun is very rare.

• HERBERT SPENCER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Herbert Spencer; Spencer

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

sociologist (a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society)

 Context examples 

Ay, thanks to Herbert Spencer and to the master-key of life, evolution, which Spencer had placed in his hands.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But what's all that got to do with Herbert Spencer anyway?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Herbert Spencer came the nearest, which was not very near.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

So he turned the conversation to Herbert Spencer.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"Herbert Spencer," said the man at the desk in the library, "oh, yes, a great mind."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And I still believe that Herbert Spencer is a great and noble man and that Judge Blount is an unmitigated ass.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But Herbert Spencer had shown him not only that it was not ridiculous, but that it was impossible for there to be no connection.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"There is no god but the Unknowable, and Herbert Spencer is its prophet," Judge Blount was saying at that moment.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"Here's fresh meat for your axe, Kreis," he said; "a rose-white youth with the ardor of a lover for Herbert Spencer. Make a Haeckelite of him—if you can."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I was reading an essay of Saleeby's the other day, and the best Saleeby could say was that Herbert Spencer nearly succeeded in answering Berkeley.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)