<P> Herbert Spencer 's ideas , like those of evolutionary progressivism , stemmed from his reading of Thomas Malthus , and his later theories were influenced by those of Darwin . However , Spencer 's major work , Progress : Its Law and Cause ( 1857 ) , was released two years before the publication of Darwin 's On the Origin of Species , and First Principles was printed in 1860 . </P>
<P> Herbert Spencer 's ideas , like those of evolutionary progressivism , stemmed from his reading of Thomas Malthus , and his later theories were influenced by those of Darwin . However , Spencer 's major work , Progress : Its Law and Cause ( 1857 ) , was released two years before the publication of Darwin 's On the Origin of Species , and First Principles was printed in 1860 . </P>
who came up with the theory of social darwinism
who came up with the theory of social darwinism
Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer