A Summary View on the Principle of Population was published in 1830. The author was identified as Rev. T.R. Malthus, A.M., F.R.S. Malthus wrote A Summary View for those who did not have the leisure to read the full essay and, as he put it:
- "...to correct some of the misrepresentations which have gone abroad respecting two or three of the most important points of the Essay..."
A Summary View ends with a defense of the Principle of Population against the charge that it:
- "...impeaches the goodness of the Deity, and is inconsistent with the letter and spirit of the scriptures."
See main article Thomas Malthus for more.
This was Malthus' final word on his Principle of Population. He died in 1834.
Read more about this topic: An Essay On The Principle Of Population
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