The references to Hume and Steuart are due to the fact they discussed surplus mouths to feed, elitist (and in the case of Hume, rather portly)precursors to Malthus...Don't fret and ask away...
Ian Murray Seattle, WA
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> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Marta Russell
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> michael at ecst.csuchico.edu wrote:
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> > David Hume and Sir James Steuart wrote of superfluous mouths.
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> Are you insinuating that I am asking too many questions????????
> If people annoy me, and many have with foul mouthed insults to one
> another on this list, I use the delete key.
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> Marta
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