What influenced Thomas Malthus?

What influenced Thomas Malthus?

Charles DarwinJohn Maynard KeynesAlfred Russel WallaceHerman DalyEdward Murray East

Why did Thomas Malthus write the essay on population?

He wrote the original text in reaction to the optimism of his father and his father’s associates (notably Rousseau) regarding the future improvement of society. Malthus also constructed his case as a specific response to writings of William Godwin (1756 and of the Marquis de Condorcet (1743.

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