This set traces Herbert Spencer's influence, from his contemporaries to the present day. Contributions come from across the social science disciplines and are often taken from sources which are difficult to access.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

The new perspective in which this work enables us to see our philosopher is a sufficient justification for many attempts afresh to sum up and to characterize what he did for philosophical inquiry, and what his influence meant"--Preface. ...

This early work by Herbert Spencer was originally published in 1883 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This volume attempts to give a short account of Herbert Spencer's life, an appreciation of his characteristics, and a statement of some of the services he rendered to science.