适者生存

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年于其着作《生物原理》 (Principles of Biology) 提出。斯氏借此将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。

== 相关条目 ==
社会达尔文主义

=== 重言式 ===
Darwin's Untimely Burial （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） by Stephen J. Gould
Evolution and Philosophy: A Good Tautology is Hard to Find （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） by John Wilkins, part of the talk.origins archive.
CA500: "Survival of the fittest is a tautology" （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） 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" （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
David Hume - Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Evolution and philosophy - Does right make right? （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） by John S. Wilkins.
"Survival of the fittest" by Alan Keyes.
Darwinism and Laissez-Faire Capitalism （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） from the Institute for Creation Research

=== 名词之来源 ===
AboutDarwin.com - Darwin's Timeline
Pioneers of Psychology
Evolution Quotations compiled by GIGA （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）