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__Herbert Spencer:__
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Greetings! My name is Herbert Spencer and I am a biologist as well as a social philosopher. Before I start, let me introduce about myself a little bit. I was born in April 27th 1820, in England. I was raised in England the whole time, although I had traveled to many countries. I was educated at home, from my father and my uncle, in mathematics, natural science, history, and English. However, I was most interested in natural science and social science. Because I was born in the time of the Industrial Revolution in England, it affected my way of thinking and how I developed my theories in the future.

I developed the theory of “Social Darwinism”, which contributed to the great biologist, Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection. My theory of Social Darwinism is very interesting, comparing society with organisms. In my theory I concluded that society and organisms share some factors in common as well as some differences. For example, I said that both society and organism grow to be a more complex form; baby to adult & town to city. Despite this similarity, they also have some differences. It is that in a society, people work and exist for the individual’s benefits. On the other hand, the organs of an organism work and exist to benefit the whole.

When people say the phrase “Survival for the fittest”, it is most likely that they think of Charles Darwin. However, this phrase was first spoken from my own mouth. It is basically a theory stating that the individual or organism that is the most fit, well adapted and powerful would survive in society or in the nature. For example, in a society, the king and the queen, or capitalists, are the most powerful and dominant, thus being able to survive in the society and be successful, whereas beggars and homeless people are not well adapted or fit to the society, thus being worthless and unsuccessful creatures, who struggles to survive. In the nature, the same concept applies, similar to the ones in society. I developed these ideas in the period of the Industrial Revolution and connected it with the theory of “Social Darwinism”. At this time, capitalists, being the most adapted and most fit to the society were ruling over those who were not. In the world of nature, the organisms that are the most fit and adapted to the conditions that they live in would most likely to survive.

In the end, I made a connection to the Industrial Revolution with the theory of “Social Darwinism” and the theory of “Survival for the fittest”.


 * Bibliography:**

"Herbert Spencer." Xenon.truman.edu. 7 Dec. 2008 <[|http://www2.truman.edu/~rgrab] "Herbert Spencer." www.victorianweb.org. 7 Dec. 2008 . "Social Darwinism." www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com. 7 Dec. 2008 <http://www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display.aspx?categoryid=22&entryid=315864&

http://www.constitution.org/hs/ignore_state.htm (published work)
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1) How is Spencer's theory of "Social Darwinism" relate society with organisms? 2) Based on what you read about "Social Darwinism", how can you relate that to the Industrial Revolution? 3) How did Spencer relate "Survival for the fittest" to the Industrial Revolution? 4) How does the theory of "Survival for the fittest" relate to society and nature?
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