# Herbert Spencer — Memoirs of a Revolutionist character guide

> Herbert Spencer in Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Peter Kropotkin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Herbert Spencer, Spencer

**First appearance:** 0056-i

## Who they are

English philosopher and sociologist, an influence.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/i)

Author of Principles of Biology, which Kropotkin translated with his brother.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned critically in the context of using analogies in social philosophy.

### [Release and Renewal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/xv)

Mentioned in comparison to Elie Reclus's work on religion; Spencer's attempt is deemed inferior to Reclus's understanding of primitive man.

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