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The Perennial Philosophy

by Aldous Huxley · 1945

Aldous Huxley's comparative study of mystical and religious traditions, later cited by Erwin Schrodinger in What Is Life?.

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Aldous Huxley · Writer and philosopher

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Schrodinger described The Perennial Philosophy as very appropriately titled and beautiful.

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The Perennial Philosophy reference page attributes Schrodinger's description to page 92 of What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell.

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The page states that Erwin Schrodinger, in What Is Life?, described Huxley's book as very appropriately titled and beautiful, with the citation pointing to Schrodinger's 1962 Cambridge University Press edition.

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Aldous HuxleyWriter and philosopher

Author of The Perennial Philosophy and Brave New World.

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