Q394
Who coined the phrase "survival of the fittest"?
A.
Auguste Comte
B.
Charles Darwin
C.
Emile Durkheim
D.
Herbert Spencer
AnswerAnswer: Option D
Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) was an English philosopher who initiated a philosophy called 'Social Darwinism'. He coined the term 'survival of the fittest' seven years before Darwin's publication of his theory of natural history, The Origin of the Species in 1859.