Florian Cajori vs. Herbert Spencer
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Florian Cajori
1859 – 1930
Florian Cajori was a Swiss-American historian of mathematics, especially known for his comprehensive treatise about mathematical notation, A History of Mathematical Notations.
"J. J. Sylvester was an enthusiastic supporter of reform . The difference in attitude on this question between the two foremost British mathematicians, J. J. Syl…"
Herbert Spencer
1820 – 1903
Herbert Spencer was an English polymath active as a philosopher, psychologist, biologist, sociologist, and anthropologist. Spencer originated the expression "survival of the fittest", which he coined in Principles of Biology (1864) after reading Charles Darwin's 1859 book On the Origin of Species. The term strongly suggests natural selection, yet Spencer saw evolution as extending into realms of sociology and ethics, so he also supported Lamarckism.
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