 | William Hazlitt - 1807 - 386 σελίδες
...reasonings the two following positions, viz. " First, that food is necessary to the existence " of man." " Secondly, That the, passion between the " sexes is...present state." " These two laws," he adds, " ever since we1 " have had any knowledge of mankind, appear " to have been fixed laws of our nature ; and " as... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1894 - 166 σελίδες
...ample. 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,...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 our nature; and,... | |
 | HENRY ROGERS SEAGER - 1905 - 654 σελίδες
...require 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... | |
 | Huan-chang Chʻen - 1911 - 792 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Lewis Henry Haney - 1911 - 598 σελίδες
...assumption of two postulates or premises: (1) " that food is necessary to the existence of manT" (2) " that the passion between the sexes is necessary, and will remain nearly inTts^JreiefiTstate." Then, though not formally so stated, a third postulate is deduced from these;... | |
 | James Pendleton Lichtenberger - 1923 - 504 σελίδες
...analysis. Two 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.... | |
 | Raymond Pearl - 1925 - 284 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | George Milton Janes - 1927 - 126 σελίδες
...Republic." 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... | |
 | Willystine Goodsell - 1928 - 496 σελίδες
...Essay: "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. . . . Assuming, then, my postulata as granted, I say, that the power of population is indefinitely... | |
 | 1928 - 656 σελίδες
...principal argument of the essay thus, viz., (1) "That food is necessary to the existence of man, (2) that the passion between the sexes is necessary and will remain nearly in its present form. Assuming this, my postulate as granted, 1 say that the power of population is indefinitely greater... | |
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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. 
