Complete Essays

Aldous Huxley, 1938-1956, Volume V

By: Aldous Huxley

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Hardcover | 1 July 2002

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In this fifth of six volumes in a major publishing enterprise, Huxley continues to explore the role of science and technology in modern culture, and seeks a final level of foundational Truth that might provide the basis for his growing interest in religious mysticism. His philosophy of history took its final form in this period. At their best, Huxley's essays stand among the finest examples of the genre in modern literature. "A remarkable publishing event...beautifully produced and authoritatively edited."--Jeffrey Hart. "He writes with an easy assurance and a command of classical and modern cross-references,"--Christopher Hitchens, Los Angeles Times. "There is much to enjoy in these volumes...they are important as a document of his times, and of a window on to a stage in the evolution of his mind."--Economist. "You have to marvel at the range of Huxley's] interests and the intelligence with which he explores them....What we experience in this high journalism is a man of intelligence, sensibility, and formidable erudition engaging his era and struggling for equilibrium while sharing the widespread perception that something ghastly has happened to European civilization...."--Washington Times

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Perusing Volume One, I was struck by the sensitivity and the unerring perception in these unknown reviews, ultimately my most enjoyable reading of the year.

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Non-Fiction Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Non-Fiction Prose Literary Essays

A Note on This Edition	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Politics, Religion, Science
Politics and Religion	p. 5
Introduction to The Perennial Philosophy	p. 22
Stars and the Man	p. 26
Variations on a Philosopher	p. 34
The Double Crisis	p. 124
A Case for ESP, PK, and Psi	p. 145
The Doors of Perception	p. 157
The Education of an Amphibian	p. 191
Knowledge and Understanding	p. 209
Adonis and the Alphabet	p. 229
Miracle in Lebanon	p. 240
History, Politics, Social Criticism
War and Peace	p. 249
Science, Liberty, and Peace	p. 251
The French of Paris	p. 286
The Desert	p. 293
Ozymandias	p. 301
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow	p. 312
Censorship and Spoken Literature	p. 318
Hyperion to a Satyr	p. 325
Mother	p. 339
Usually Destroyed	p. 345
Famagusta or Paphos	p. 353
Faith, Taste, and History	p. 358
Liberty, Quality, Machinery	p. 367
Canned Fish	p. 374
Art, Literature, Music
Conversation with Stravinsky	p. 383
Art and Religion	p. 385
Variations on a Baroque Tomb	p. 389
Variations on El Greco	p. 398
Variations on The Prisons	p. 408
Variations on Goya	p. 418
[A Word About Dylan Thomas]	p. 427
Doodles in the Dictionary	p. 429
Gesualdo: Variations on a Musical Theme	p. 436
Domesticating Sex	p. 450
Appendix	p. 457
Index	p. 459
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