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1、馬爾薩斯作品選·人口論托馬斯·馬爾薩斯著遼寧電子圖書有限責(zé)任公司馬爾薩斯作品選·人口論托馬斯·馬爾薩斯著..*遼寧電子圖書有限責(zé)任公司..責(zé)任編輯：郝剛※印張..56千字..2002年12月第..1版2002年12月第..1次印刷印數(shù):__ISBNL-YY-0219/C913.9定價6元AnEssayonthePrincipleofPopulationbyThomasMalthus1798ANESSAYONTHEPRINCIPLEOFPOPULATION,ASITAFFECTSTHEFUTUREIMPROVEMENTOFSOCIETYWITHREMAR
2、KSONTHESPECULATIONSOFMR.GODWIN,M.CONDORCET,ANDOTHERWRITERS.LONDON,PRINTEDFORJ.JOHNSON,INST.PAUL'SCHURCH-YARD,1798.PrefaceTHEfollowingEssayowesitsorigintoaconversationwithafriend,onthesubjectofMrGodwin'sessayon'AvariceandProfusion'inhisEnquirer.Thediscussionstartedthegeneralquest
3、ionofthefutureimprovementofsociety.andtheAuthoratfirstsatdownwithanintentionofmerelystatinghisthoughtstohisfriend,uponpaper,inaclearermannerthanhethoughthecoulddoinconversation.Butasthesubjectopeneduponhim,someideasoccurred,whichhedidnotrecollecttohavemetwithbefore;andasheconcei
4、vedthateveryleastlight,onatopicsogenerallyinteresting,mightbereceivedwithcandour,hedeterminedtoputhisthoughtsinaformforpublication.TheEssaymight,undoubtedly,havebeenrenderedmuchmorecompletebyacollectionofagreaternumberoffactsinelucidationofthegeneralargument.Butalongandalmosttot
5、alinterruptionfromveryparticularbusiness,joinedtoadesire(perhapsimprudent)ofnotdelayingthepublicationmuchbeyondthetimethatheoriginallyproposed,preventedtheAuthorfromgivingtothesubjectanundividedattention.Hepresumes,however,thatthefactswhichhehasadducedwillbefoundtoformnoinconsid
6、erableevidenceforthetruthofhisopinionrespectingthefutureimprovementofmankind.AstheAuthorcontemplatesthisopinionatpresent,littlemoreappearstohimtobenecessarythanaplainstatement,inadditiontothemostcursoryviewofsociety,toestablishit.Itisanobvioustruth,whichhasbeentakennoticeofbyman
7、ywriters,thatpopulationmustalwaysbekeptdowntothelevelofthemeansofsubsistence;butnowriterthattheAuthorrecollectshasinquiredparticularlyintothemeansbywhichthisleveliseffected:anditisaviewofthesemeanswhichforms,tohismind,thestrongestobstacleinthewaytoanyverygreatfutureimprovementof
8、society.Hehopesitwillappearthat,inthediscussion
