 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 492000 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Pfau - 1997 - 478 pages
...rigor, based on two postulates: (1) "that food is necessary to the existence of man" and (2..) "that the passion between the sexes is necessary and will remain nearly in its present state" (EPP 1798, 19). Malthus concludes: "The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power... | |
 | Peter W. Price - 1997 - 892 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." Malthus pointed out that a population can increase in a geometric ratio, and subsistence increases... | |
 | Owen Goldin, Patricia Kilroe - 1997 - 276 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... | |
 | Robert L. Heilbroner - 1996 - 376 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... | |
 | Julian L. Simon - 258 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... | |
 | 1979 - 334 pages
...principle? Malthus began with two postulates: that "food is necessary to the existence of man" and that "the passion between the sexes is necessary and will remain nearly in its present state." If one grants the validity of these "fixed laws of nature," then it follows that the "power" of population... | |
 | Laura C. Berry - 224 pages
...Malthus famously asserts. "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." As a result of this conjunction of two all-consuming appetites, Malthus makes painfully obvious the... | |
 | Malcolm Potts, Roger Short - 1999 - 372 pages
...may fairly make two postulata. Rrst, 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.' Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population as it Affects the Future Improvement... | |
 | Susan Kingsley Kent - 1999 - 380 pages
...two givens about human nature: "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." Because, he believed, humans reproduced their numbers geometrically, and agricultural output could... | |
 | Reg Morrison - 1999 - 316 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. . . . Assuming then, my postulata as granted, I say that the power of population is indefinitely greater... | |
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