# Herbert Spencer — Orthodoxy character guide

> Herbert Spencer in Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-the-suicide-of-thought

## Who they are

Philosopher of evolution and individualism, whose system is challenged.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orthodoxy_se/characters/narrator)

_rivalry_

Herbert Spencer's evolutionary philosophy is a major target of the narrator's critique of scientific determinism.

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