An Essay on the Principle of Population
By Thomas K. Malthus; Antony Flew (Editor); Antony Flew (Introduction by)
(Penguin Classics, Paperback, 9780140432060, 304pp.)
Publication Date: June 30, 1983
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Categories: General, Sociology - General
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Description
Malthus's simple yet powerful argument was highly controversial in its day. Literary England despised him for dashing its hopes of social progress. today his name remains a byword for active concern about man's demographic and ecological prospects.











