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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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Author of The Perennial Philosophy and Brave New World.

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

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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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