{"product_id":"an-essay-on-the-principle-of-population-as-it-affects-the-future-improvement-of-society-with-remarks-on-the-speculations-of-mr-godwin-m-condorcet-and-other-writers-paperback-9781108079143","title":"An Essay on the Principle of Population, as It Affects the Future Improvement of Society; With Remarks on the Speculations of Mr Godwin, M. Condorcet, and Other Writers (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108079143","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAn Essay on the Principle of Population, as It Affects the Future Improvement of Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith Remarks on the Speculations of Mr Godwin, M. Condorcet, and Other Writers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished anonymously, this is the 1798 first edition of Malthus' provocative and controversial work of political and economic theory.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Robert Malthus (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108079143, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 February 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e420 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.532 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eResulting from discussions with his father on the works of Condorcet and William Godwin, Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) published anonymously in 1798 his first and most famous work. Written as a polite attack on French post-revolutionary speculations on social and human perfectibility, this remains one of the most powerful statements of the limits to human hopes set by the tension between population growth and natural resources. Central to his philosophy was the belief that 'The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man'. The publication was extremely controversial, not only because of the discussions of prostitution, contraception and sex, but also because Malthus denied the right of the poor to be supported in the face of famine, poverty and disease. This 1798 first edition led to a riposte from Godwin, Of Population (1820), which is also reissued in this series.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Question stated\u003cbr\u003e 2. The different rations in which population and food increase\u003cbr\u003e 3. The savage or hunter state shortly reviewed\u003cbr\u003e 4. State of civilized nations\u003cbr\u003e 5. The second, or positive check to population examined, in England\u003cbr\u003e 6. New colonies\u003cbr\u003e 7. A probable cause of epidemics\u003cbr\u003e 8. Mr Wallace\u003cbr\u003e 9. M. Condorcet's conjecture concerning the organic perfectibility of man\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mr Godwin's system of equality\u003cbr\u003e 11. Mr Godwin's conjecture concerning the future extinction of the passion between the sexes\u003cbr\u003e 12. Mr Godwin's conjecture concerning the indefinite prolongation of human life\u003cbr\u003e 13. Error of Mr Godwin in considering man too much in the light of a being merely rational\u003cbr\u003e 14. Mr Godwin's five propositions respecting political truth\u003cbr\u003e 15. Models too perfect, may sometimes rather impede than promote improvement\u003cbr\u003e 16. Probable error of Dr Adam Smith\u003cbr\u003e 17. Question of the proper definition of the wealth of a state\u003cbr\u003e 18. The constant pressure of distress on man\u003cbr\u003e 19. The sorrows of life necessary to soften and humanize the heart.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266200785176,"sku":"9781108079143","price":29.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108079143i_6e83b010-4305-437b-865c-84cccb82839f.jpg?v=1696751725","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/an-essay-on-the-principle-of-population-as-it-affects-the-future-improvement-of-society-with-remarks-on-the-speculations-of-mr-godwin-m-condorcet-and-other-writers-paperback-9781108079143","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}