適者生存

适者生存（英语：survival of the fittest）是英语的片语，是以竞争争取生存或优势之概念的总结。此概念由赫伯特·斯宾塞在1864年于其著作《生物原理》 (Principles of Biology) 提出。斯氏借此将的经济学思想与达尔文的演化理论相较；而达尔文就把适者生存之概念称为自然选择。

相關條目 
 社會達爾文主義

重言式 
 Darwin's Untimely Burial  by Stephen J. Gould
 Evolution and Philosophy: A Good Tautology is Hard to Find  by John Wilkins, part of the talk.origins archive. 
 CA500: "Survival of the fittest is a tautology"  from the talk.origins index to creationist claims by Mark Ridley.
  Is "survival of the fittest" a tautology by Don Lindsay.

道德问题 

 CA002: Survival of the fittest implies that "might makes right" 
 David Hume - Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
 Evolution and philosophy - Does right make right?  by John S. Wilkins.
 "Survival of the fittest" by Alan Keyes.
 Darwinism and Laissez-Faire Capitalism  from the Institute for Creation Research

名词之来源
AboutDarwin.com - Darwin's Timeline
Pioneers of Psychology
Evolution Quotations compiled by GIGA 

查尔斯·达尔文
进化生物学概念
赫伯特·斯宾塞
生物学进化
英语词语
隱喻
生存