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托马斯·马尔萨斯:人口论·摘录 15

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

The most important argument that I shall adduce is certainly not new. The principles on which it depends have been explained in part by Hume, and more at large by Dr Adam Smith. It has been advanced and applied to the present subject, though not with its proper weight, or in the most forcible point of view, by Mr Wallace, and it may probably have been stated by many writers that I have never met with. I should certainly therefore not think of advancing it again, though I mean to place it in a point of view in some degree different from any that I have hitherto seen, if it had ever been fairly and satisfactorily answered.

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定位:Excerpt 15 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

我要提出的最重要论点肯定不新。它所依赖的原理已由休谟部分解释,亚当·斯密更详尽阐述。华莱士先生曾提出并应用于当前主题,但未给予适当分量或最有力观点,可能还有许多我没见过的作者陈述过。因此,如果它曾被公正满意地回答,我肯定不会再次提出,尽管我打算从某种程度不同于以往所见的角度来放置它。

上下文

马尔萨斯在《人口论》中承认人口原理的思想渊源,但认为自己提供了新的视角。

今日一问

你提出的观点是否真正新颖,还是只是重复他人而未加引用?

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