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  2. The Doors of Perception - Wikipedia

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    The Doors of Perception is an autobiographical book written by Aldous Huxley. Published in 1954, it elaborates on his psychedelic experience under the influence of mescaline in May 1953. Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, ranging from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision", [ 1 ] and reflects on their philosophical and ...

  3. Aldous Huxley - Wikipedia

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    Aldous Huxley, the author of Brave New World, died the same day as C. S. Lewis, who wrote the Chronicles of Narnia series. Unfortunately for both of their legacies, that day was November 22, 1963, just as John Kennedy's motorcade passed the Texas School Book Depository .

  4. Transhumanism - Wikipedia

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    The biologist Julian Huxley is generally regarded as the founder of transhumanism after using the term for the title of an influential 1957 article. [6] But the term derives from a 1940 paper by the Canadian philosopher W. D. Lighthall. [32] Huxley describes transhumanism in these terms:

  5. Ends and Means - Wikipedia

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    Ends and Means (an Enquiry Into the Nature of Ideals and Into the Methods Employed for Their Realization) is a book of essays written by Aldous Huxley. [1] Published in 1937, the book contains illuminating tracts on war, religion, nationalism and ethics, and was cited as a major influence on Thomas Merton in his autobiography, The Seven Storey ...

  6. Heaven and Hell (essay) - Wikipedia

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    Heaven and Hell is a philosophical essay by Aldous Huxley published in 1956. Huxley derived the title from William Blake's book The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. The essay discusses the relationship between bright, colorful objects, geometric designs, psychoactives, art, and profound experience. Heaven and Hell metaphorically refer to what ...

  7. Science, Liberty and Peace - Wikipedia

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    Science, Liberty and Peace is an essay written by Aldous Huxley, published in 1946. The essay debates a wide range of subjects reflecting Huxley's views towards the direction of society at that time. He puts forward a number of predictions, many of which resonate far beyond the time when it was written.

  8. Julian Huxley - Wikipedia

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    Sir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS [1] (22 June 1887 – 14 February 1975) was an English evolutionary biologist, eugenicist, and internationalist.He was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century modern synthesis.

  9. Time Must Have a Stop - Wikipedia

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    Time Must Have a Stop is a novel by Aldous Huxley, first published in 1944 by Chatto & Windus. It follows the story of Sebastian Barnack, a young poet who holidays with his hedonistic uncle in Florence. Many of the philosophical themes discussed in the novel are explored further in Huxley's 1945 work The Perennial Philosophy.