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" I think I may fairly make two postulata. First, That food is necessary to the existence of man. Secondly, That the passion between the sexes is necessary, and will remain nearly in its present state. "
Attacking Poverty - Page 49
2000 - 335 pages
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A Reply to the Essay on Population: By the Rev. T. R. Malthus. In a Series ...

William Hazlitt - 1807 - 386 pages
...following positions, viz. " First, that food is necessary to the existence " of man." " Secondly, That the, passion between the " sexes is necessary, and will remain nearly in " its present state." " These two laws," he adds, " ever since we1 " have had any knowledge of mankind, appear " to have...
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A Reply to the Essay on Population: By the Rev. T. R. Malthus. In a Series ...

William Hazlitt - 1807 - 386 pages
...positions, viz. " First, that food is necessary to the existence " of man.'* 1-21 " Secondly, That the passion between the " sexes is necessary, and will remain nearly in " its present state." " These two laws," he adds, " ever since we " have had any knowledge of mankind, appear " to have been...
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A Reply to the Essay on Population: By the Rev. T. R. Malthus. In a Series ...

William Hazlitt - 1807 - 394 pages
...to, but the immediate effects of, the principle of population, and of nothing else. '' Secondly, That the passion between the " sexes is necessary, and will remain nearly in " its present state/* " These two laws," he adds, " ever since we " have had any knowledge of mankind, appear " to have been...
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Parallel Chapters from the First and Second Editions of An Essay on the ...

Thomas Robert Malthus - 1894 - 166 pages
...may fairly make two postulata. First, That food is necessary to the existence of man. Secondly, That the passion between the sexes is necessary, and will remain nearly in its present state. These two laws ever since we have had any /knowledge of mankind, appear to have been fixed laws of...
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The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: A reply to Malthus. The spirit of ...

William Hazlitt - 1902 - 456 pages
...following positions, viz. ' First, that food is necessary to the existence of man.' ' Secondly, That the passion between the sexes is necessary, and will remain nearly in its present state.' ' These two laws,' he adds, ' ever since we have had any knowledge of mankind, appear to have been...
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INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS

HENRY ROGERS SEAGER - 1905 - 654 pages
...demonstration the propositions: (i) “that food is necessarv to the existence of man,” and (2) “that the passion between the sexes is necessary and will remain nearly in its present state.” From these he proceeded on the basis partly of reasoning and partly of observation to the conclusion...
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The Economic Principles of Confucius and His School ..., Volumes 1-2

Huan-chang Chʻen - 1911 - 792 pages
...existence of man. Secondly, that the pas1 Li Ki, bk. vii, p. 380. ' Classics, vol. ii, p. 397. sion between the sexes is necessary, and will remain nearly in its present state." 1 These two postulata are similar to those of Confucius. However, Malthus develops from these wants...
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Development of Social Theory

James Pendleton Lichtenberger - 1923 - 504 pages
...postulates are laid down, viz : "First, That food is necessary to the existence of man. Secondly, That the passion between the sexes is necessary, and will remain nearly in its present state." 1s The impulses of hunger and sex are essential to the maintenance of the individual and of the race....
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The Biology of Population Growth

Raymond Pearl - 1925 - 284 pages
...to come, and perhaps at times at an even more rapid rate than the present one. As old Malthus said " the passion between the sexes is necessary, and will remain nearly in its present state." Furthermore, continued improvement in sanitation and in knowledge of preventive medicine and hygiene...
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Man and Society

George Milton Janes - 1927 - 126 pages
...Malthus lays down two postulates: "First, That food is necessary to the existence of man. Second, That the passion between the sexes is necessary, and will remain nearly in its present state." Hunger and sex are the dominating impulses essential for the maintenance of the individual and the...
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