First essay on population, 1798 / Thomas Robert Malthus, with notes by James Bonar; reprinted for the Royal Economic Society.

  • Thomas Robert Malthus
Date:
1926
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Credit: First essay on population, 1798 / Thomas Robert Malthus, with notes by James Bonar; reprinted for the Royal Economic Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAP. X. Mr. Godwin's system of equality.—Error of attributing all the vices of mankind to human institutions.—Mr. Godivin's first answer to the difficulty arising from po¬ pulation totally insufficient.—Mr. Godwin's beautiful system of equality supposed to be realized.—Its utter destruction simply from the principle of population in so short a time as thirty years. p. 173. CHAP. XL Mr. Godwin's conjecture concerning the future extinc¬ tion of the passion between the sexes.—Little apparent grounds for such a conjecture.—Passion of love not inconsistent either with reason or virtue. p. 210. CHAP. XII. Mr. Godwin's conjecture concerning the indefinite prolon¬ gation of human life,—Improper inference drawn from the effects of mental stimulants on the human frame, il¬ lustrated in various instances.—Conjectures not founded on any indications in the past, not to be considered as philosophical conjectures.-—Mr, Godwin's and Mr. Con-
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