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Ch. 6, The Formula of Justice
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Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man.

— Herbert Spencer

What It Means

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Herbert Spencer

About Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 โ€“ 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, classical liberal political theorist, and sociological theorist of the Victorian era. He developed an all-embracing conception of evolution as the progressive development of the physical world, biological organisms, the human mind, and human culture and societies. He is known for coining the phrase "survival of the fittest".