What Thomas Robert Malthus thinks about agency

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English economist and cleric (1766 to 1834); author of An Essay on the Principle of Population.

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2 dated positions, c. 1798, in their own words. Our reading of what Thomas Robert Malthus has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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c. 1798

Our readingA person may be convinced of a truth by reason yet still act against it

Their wordsA truth may be brought home to his conviction as a rational being, though he may determine to act contrary to it, as a compound being.

↗An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798, first edition)gutenberg.org All 19 from this book
c. 1798

Our readingEvil exists to spur action, so we should strive against it rather than submit

Their wordsEvil exists in the world not to create despair but activity. We are not patiently to submit to it, but to exert ourselves to avoid it.

↗An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798, first edition)gutenberg.org All 19 from this book