As a representative figure in the founding of the People's Republic of China, Spencer's masterpiece On Education puts forward that the task of education is to teach people how to live and oppose the education of classical language and literature.

2. Viewpoint 2: Educational purpose.

Both Spencer and Dewey advocate the theory of life, and believe that the purpose of education should be related to the life of the educated. Spencer believes that education should prepare for a perfect life in the future.

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His works have contributed to many disciplines, including norms, metaphysics, religion, politics, rhetoric, biology and psychology. In Spencer's time, there were many famous philosophers and scientists, such as John Mill, Thomas Henry Huxley and charles robert darwin, who were all famous figures in the contemporary era.

The English philosopher who expounded the theory of evolution was a pioneer before Darwin. It is said that Spencer hates Plato's theory, and his sentence "Even a third-rate novelist will be better than him" is undoubtedly an insult to Plato.

This may be because Spencer is a skeptic, not a dialectical critic who attacks skepticism. In addition, Jack London praised Spencer, and in his masterpiece Martin Eden, Jack London praised Spencer.