First published anonymously in 1798, and the result of a discussion with his father on the perfectibility of society, this text was originally intended as a response to ideas developed in Godwin's "Enquirer" and "Political Justice". The essay is based around Malthus's principle of population:...
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First published anonymously in 1798, and the result of a discussion with his father on the perfectibility of society, this text was originally intended as a response to ideas developed in Godwin's "Enquirer" and "Political Justice". The essay is based around Malthus's principle of population: that as the population increases geometrically, pressure is placed on the Earth's
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