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Aldous HuxleyIn Aldous Huxley's essay "The Beauty Industry," he talks about how the beauty industry is the only sector which stayed buoyant throughout the depression of the 1930s and how women increasingly use...
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Aldous HuxleyAldous Huxley had what could be considered a very nuanced view of religion, neither summarily rejecting it in the manner of an atheist nor necessarily subscribing to it as a matter of faith. In the...
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Aldous HuxleyIn his 1932 foreword to his novel, Brave New World, Huxley's expresses his anxiety about science advancing ahead of humanity, for he states, It is only by means of the sciences of life that the...
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Aldous HuxleyOne of the most powerful educators in a person's life is experience. When someone gives advice that they stand firmly behind, they frequently say, "I speaketh from experience." Many people define...
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Aldous HuxleyAldous Huxley was a respected author of science-fiction and other works. He was British, so his name follows the conventions of British pronunciation instead of American pronunciation. His first...
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Aldous HuxleyIt is interesting to reflect that in spite of the way that Huxley is now so much a part of many curricula, when his work was first published it was often banned from appearing in schools and also...
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Aldous HuxleySo many of us focus on what we can change or improve in others. But too often, we fail to look within to see what we might change or improve about ourselves. Can we truly change another person?...
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Aldous HuxleyAnna, I believe this quote means that government leaders often start out with good intentions for their people by giving them handouts and enacting laws (like mandatory seat belt laws) to protect...
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Aldous HuxleyVery much the icononclast, Aldous Huxley used his scientific nature to analyze sociological conditions. His brother, the zoologist Julian Huxley, wrote that for Aldous mysticism and science...