TERTULLIAN AND OVERPOPULATION

Tertullian, an early Christian author (ca. AD 160-220), was one of the first to describe famine and war as factors that can prevent overpopulation.[3] He wrote: "The strongest witness is the vast population of the earth to which we are a burden and she scarcely can provide for our needs; as our demands grow greater, our complaints against Nature's inadequacy are heard by all. The scourges of pestilence, famine, wars and earthquakes have come to be regarded as a blessing to overcrowded nations, since they serve to prune away the luxuriant growth of the human race."[6]

Scribe Valdemir Mota de Menezes

1.  Neurath, Paul (1994). From Malthus to the Club of Rome and Back. M.E. Sharpe. p. 8.ISBN 9781563244070.