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Herbert Spencer Quotes

«The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action»
Author: Herbert Spencer (Philosopher) | About: Education | Keywords: aim
«There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation»
Author: Herbert Spencer (Philosopher) | About: Arguments, Information, Principles | Keywords: Against the man, arguments, bar, barred, barring, contempt, everlasting, fail, information, investigation, investigations, principle, prior, proof
«Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit»
Author: Herbert Spencer (Philosopher) | About: Music | Keywords: arts, fine art, fine arts, ministers, rank, rankest
«The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.»
Author: Herbert Spencer (Philosopher) | About: Knowledge | Keywords: descendant, parent, The Descendants
«Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect»
Author: Herbert Spencer (Philosopher) | Keywords: determined, intellect, ultimately
«Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.»
Author: Herbert Spencer (Philosopher) | About: Society | Keywords: members
«The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.»
Author: Herbert Spencer (Philosopher) | About: Duty | Keywords: physical thing, preservation
«Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.»
Author: Herbert Spencer (Philosopher) | Keywords: ardently, gained, objects, pursue, sources, unexpected
«Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations»
Author: Herbert Spencer (Philosopher) | About: Life | Keywords: adjustment, adjustments, continuous, external, internal, relations
«Education has for its object the formation of character»
Author: Herbert Spencer (Philosopher) | Keywords: formation, formations
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