Frances Bolton (PHI) wrote:
> > > Isn't it interestng how Malthus struck a vain for both Marx and Darwin.
> > > Regards.
> > > Ed EVans
>
> Rakesh responds:>
> > I think Darwin's debt to Malthus is much exaggerated.
>
> Hi Rakesh,
>
> I'm away from my library so I can't get you the exact cite, but, in the
> *Origin of Species*, Darwin explicitly states that his theory is "Malthus
> as applied to natural selection" or something of the sort. Desmond and
> Moore, in their biography of Darwin (*Darwin*), also have a good bit on
> this. I'll send the Darwin quotation along tomorrow.
>
> Frances