The essential element of Malthus's Principle of Population was that

a. moral restraint was critical to the survival of the human population.
b. positive checks tended to counter-balance preventive checks.
c. population grew geometrically while food increased arithmetically.
d. the passion between the sexes must be constrained by social institutions.


C

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