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Gandhi on Survival of the fittest
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| style="padding:15px;" |''"But from the present civilization, or, rather, from [[Western civilization]], there flow two propositions which have almost become maxims to live by — I call them fallacious maxims. They are “might is right” and “survival of the fittest”."''
<div style="padding-left:40px;">— [[Mahatma Gandhi]] <ref>{{cite book |title=The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: The voice of truth |author=Mahatma Gandhi |editor=Shriman Narayan |publisher=Navajivan Publishing House |year=1968 |pages=278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cXlDAAAAYAAJ }}</ref>
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'''Survival of the fittest''' is a famous phrase coined by British economist [[Herbert Spencer]] in ''Principles of Biology'' (1864), used to summarize [[natural selection]]. He went on to use the phrase to reinforce his theories on the development of companies and societies in general.
'''Survival of the fittest''' is a famous phrase coined by British economist [[Herbert Spencer]] in ''Principles of Biology'' (1864), used to summarize [[natural selection]]. He went on to use the phrase to reinforce his theories on the development of companies and societies in general.
Modern biologists tend not to use the phrase because it reduces to an informal [[tautology]] if one defines "fittest" to mean possessing attributes conducive to survival.
Modern biologists tend not to use the phrase because it reduces to an informal [[tautology]] if one defines "fittest" to mean possessing attributes conducive to survival.
== References ==
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[[Category:Evolution]]
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