Quote#Science & Reason
Science, down to the present day, remains permeated with Malthus's…
Quote byPeter Kropotkin · 1842–1921
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Fields, Factories and Workshops (1899).
English (original)
Science, down to the present day, remains permeated with Malthus's teachings. Political economy continues to base its reasoning upon a tacit admission of the impossibility of rapidly increasing the productive powers of a nation
— Peter Kropotkin
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