# Herbert Spencer — What Is Art? character guide

> Herbert Spencer in What Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

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

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

English philosopher whose evolutionary aesthetics are noted.

## In the story

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/chapters/ii)

Listed among physiologist-aestheticians who answer the question of beauty in their own way.

### [Chapter V: The Infection Theory of Art](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/chapters/v)

Referenced alongside Darwin in the physiological-evolutionary definition.

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