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托马斯·马尔萨斯:人口论·摘录 14

托马斯·马尔萨斯《人口论》· An Essay on the Principle of Population · 投资

I have read some of the speculations on the perfectibility of man and of society with great pleasure. I have been warmed and delighted with the enchanting picture which they hold forth. I ardently wish for such happy improvements. But I see great, and, to my understanding, unconquerable difficulties in the way to them. These difficulties it is my present purpose to state, declaring, at the same time, that so far from exulting in them, as a cause of triumph over the friends of innovation, nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see them completely removed.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4239
定位:Excerpt 14 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

我读过一些关于人类和社会完美性的思辨,非常愉快。它们展示的迷人图景让我温暖和喜悦。我热切希望如此幸福的改进。但我看到通往它们的道路上存在巨大且在我看来无法克服的困难。我现在的目的就是陈述这些困难,同时声明,我绝不因它们而欢欣,作为对革新之友的胜利,相反,看到它们被完全消除会给我最大快乐。

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马尔萨斯在《人口论》开篇表明立场,回应葛德文和孔多塞的完美性理论。

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