Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence only increases in an arithmetical ratio.

Thomas Robert Malthus

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Topic

Population growth

Author

Thomas Robert Malthus

Source

Essay on the Principle of Population

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Scholar Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Malthus, Thomas [published anonymously]. An Essay on the Principle of Population. London: J. Johnson, 1798, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Malthus, Thomas. "An Essay on the Principle of Population." An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings, edited by Robert Mayhew. Penguin Classics, 2015, ch. 1.

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Topic
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Author

William Wordsworth
Source
The Table Turned
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1798 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Wordsworth, William. "The Tables turned; an Evening Scene, on the same subject." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, I. 15.

Current Citation

Wordsworth, William. "The Tables Turned." William Wordsworth: The Major Works: including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 15.