Project Gutenberg 2012-02-28 Public domain in the USA. 323 Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur) 1861 1933 Thomson, John Arthur w06000274 Herbert Spencer Produced by Adam Buchbinder, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Herbert Spencer" by J. Arthur Thomson is a biographical account written in the early 20th century. This work seeks to illustrate the life, intellect, and scientific contributions of Herbert Spencer, who is best known for his foundational role in the development of the theory of evolution and sociology. The book focuses on Spencer's journey as a thinker, addressing themes such as heredity, nurture, and the evolution of his ideas, as well as how his personal experiences shaped his philosophical outlook. At the start of the book, the author introduces Spencer's ancestry and upbringing, emphasizing the significant influence of his family on his intellectual development. Spencer is depicted as a product of a nonconformist lineage, and the narrative delves into the details of his childhood, highlighting both the nurturing environment created by his parents and the constraints imposed by his father’s ill health. The early chapters reflect on his formative years, his aversion to conventional education, and the encouragement he received in natural sciences, which laid the foundation for his later work in philosophy and science. As the opening unfolds, readers get a glimpse into how Spencer's early life experiences shaped his thoughts on the unity of science and the evolution of life, setting the stage for his later philosophical endeavors. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 42.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903 B Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: Biographies 561603 2025-06-16T03:31:48.505059 text/html 564011 2021-01-08T14:45:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 326550 2021-01-08T14:45:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 378024 2025-06-16T03:31:58.890007 application/epub+zip 384594 2025-06-16T03:31:51.458041 application/epub+zip 278621 2025-06-16T03:31:49.760068 application/epub+zip 603991 2025-06-16T03:32:04.354993 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 551148 2025-06-16T03:31:57.455020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418984 2022-09-17T18:00:24.064734 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 515011 2025-06-16T03:31:47.527076 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 514805 2021-01-08T14:45:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 186849 2021-01-08T14:45:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 514861 2021-01-08T14:45:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 186751 2021-01-08T14:45:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21075 2025-06-16T03:32:04.515980 application/rdf+xml 12548 2025-06-16T03:31:50.365039 image/jpeg 3315 2025-06-16T03:31:50.063032 image/jpeg 412544 2025-06-16T03:31:48.556092 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia