Agnostic... coined by Spencer?

[Sebastian Dangerfield]

Mark queries

>Wasn't it Thomas Huxley who first coined the term (in 1869, if various
atheist net >resources are to be believed)?

Ack!  I believe you are correct.  
I somewhat misrememberd piece from The Economist (a book review of a T.H.
Huxley bio actually) that stated "The Economist's Herbert Spencer . . .
popularised the term 'agnostic' to describe his moderate position between
radical atheism and reactionary religiosity."  "Huxley." _The Economist_
vol. 85 1/28/95.

Sorry, got so carried away with ol' Spence and his neophrasism that I
credited him unduly with the neologism 'agnostic.'  

Sebastian, now cowed Minister-of-Pointless-Misinformation


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