Principle of the Population
Question stated - Little prospect of a determination of it, from
the enmity of the opposing parties - The principal argument
against the perfectibility of man and of society has never been
fairly answered - Nature of the difficulty arising from
population - Outline of the principal argument of the Essay
THE great and unlooked for discoveries that have taken place of
late years in natural philosophy, the increasing diffusion of
general knowledge from the …
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…ease, happiness, and comparative leisure;
and feel no anxiety about providing the means of subsistence for
themselves and families.
Consequently, if the premises are just, the argument is
conclusive against the perfectibility of the mass of mankind.
I have thus sketched the general outline of the argument, but
I will examine it more particularly, and I think it will be found
that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge,
invariably confirms its truth.
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