
Malthusianism
In Our Time: Philosophy
Malthus's Thoughts on Population
Malthus went to Jesus College Cambridge which was the center of a more progressive and Republican thinking in the 18th century. His tutor there William Friend who was also a friend of Coleridge's Was subsequently kicked out of Cambridge again for his radical political views So Malthus even when he was at Cambridge he stayed in this relatively progressive Political bubble. He did sign up to the Anglican Church and become a vicar subsequently.
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