It's the birthday of British philosopher, biologist, sociologist and all-round thinky person Herbert Spencer (1820 – 1903), who took Darwin's theories and applied them across almost *every* other discipline, formulating a fascinating worldview based on the notions of evolution and dissolution. Oh, and coining the phrase "survival of the fittest". Here's a few words about the guy.

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