Herbert Spencer was one of the leading 19th-century English radical individualists. He began working as a journalist for the laissez-faire magazine The Economist in the 1850s. Much of the rest of his life was spent working on an all-encompassing theory of human development based upon the ideas of individualism, utilitarian moral theory, social and biological evolution, limited government, and laissez-faire economics. [The image comes from "The Warren J. Samuels Portrait Collection at Duke University."]
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by Herbert Spencer
Monday, January 25, 2010 by Herbert Spencer
Saturday, November 07, 2009 by Herbert Spencer
Overlegislation
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 by Herbert Spencer
The Reality of Political Momentum
Thursday, October 28, 2010 by Herbert Spencer
The New Tories
Friday, October 15, 2010 by Herbert Spencer
The Right to Ignore the State
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 by Herbert Spencer
Friday, November 06, 2009 by Herbert Spencer
Monday, June 15, 2009 by Herbert Spencer