Before revision: It is particularly noteworthy that Han Fei (281-233 BC), like Malthus, had already noted the conflict between a population growing at the aggregate rate and a food supply growing at the arithmetic rate, and concluded that this was the root cause of the intensification of political and social conflict.
After revision: It is particularly noteworthy that Han Fei (281-233 BC), long before Malthus, had already noted the conflict between a population growing at the exponential rate and a food supply growing at the arithmetic rate, and concluded that this was the root cause of the intensification of political and social conflict.