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(1766-1834)
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Editor/Trans.
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First Pub. Date
1798
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Publisher/Edition
London: J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church-yard
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Pub. Date
1798
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Comments
1st edition
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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
| Cover Table of Contents |
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| Preface | |
| I. Question stated | |
| II. The different ratios in which population and food increase | |
| III. The savage or hunter state shortly reviewed | |
| IV. State of civilized nations | |
| V. The second, or positive check to population examined | |
| VI. New colonies | |
| VII. A probable cause of epidemics | |
| VIII. Mr. Wallace | |
| IX. Mr. Condorcet's conjecture concerning the organic perfectibility of man | |
| X. Mr. Godwin's system of equality | |
| XI. Mr. Godwin's conjecture concerning the future extinction of the passions between the sexes | |
| XII. Mr. Godwin's conjecture concerning the indefinite prolongation of human life | |
| XIII. Error of Mr. Godwin in considering man too much in the light of a being merely rational | |
| XIV. Mr. Godwin's five propositions respecting political truth | |
| XV. Models too perfect may sometimes rather impede than promote improvement | |
| XVI. Probable error of Dr. Adam Smith | |
| XVII. Question of the proper definition of the wealth of a state | |
| XVIII. The constant pressure of distress on man | |
| XIX. The sorrows of life necessary to soften and humanize the heart | |
| Footnotes | |
The cuneiform inscription in the Liberty Fund logo is the earliest-known written appearance of the word "freedom" (amagi), or "liberty." It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.