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9 de mai. de 2024 · Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), English writer best known for his dystopian novel Brave New World (1932). His works are notable for their wit and pessimistic satire and for their ongoing exploration of the negative and positive impacts of science and technology on 20th-century life.
- Andrew Fielding Huxley
Andrew Fielding, a grandson of the biologist T.H. Huxley and...
- Andrew Fielding Huxley
Há 2 dias · Huxley's descendants include children of Leonard Huxley: Sir Julian Huxley FRS was the first Director of UNESCO and a notable evolutionary biologist and humanist. Aldous Huxley was a famous author ( Brave New World 1932, Eyeless in Gaza 1936, The Doors of Perception 1954).
Há 3 dias · The band took its name from the title of English writer Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, itself a reference to a quote by English poet William Blake.
- Los Angeles, California
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30 de abr. de 2024 · taxonomy. agnosticism. religion. Thomas Henry Huxley (born May 4, 1825, Ealing, Middlesex, England—died June 29, 1895, Eastbourne, Sussex) was an English biologist, educator, and advocate of agnosticism (he coined the word). Huxley’s vigorous public support of Charles Darwin ’s evolutionary naturalism earned him the nickname ...
- Adrian J. Desmond
9 de mai. de 2024 · The Doors of Perception is a short but dense essay about one sunny, spring morning in Los Angeles in 1953 where Aldous Huxley took mescaline and was driven around the city by his friend and psychiatrist, Humphry Osmond: the man who gave us the terms psychedelic and hallucinogen.
Há 3 dias · Nineteen Eighty-Four is often compared to Brave New World by Aldous Huxley; both are powerful dystopian novels warning of a future world where the state machine exerts complete control over social life.
Há 6 dias · On Nov. 22, 1963, three award-winning writers died: one in Dallas, one in Los Angeles and the other at his home just outside Oxford, England. John F. Kennedy, Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis all died within hours of each other. All had been award-winning writers.
