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WITTHTN the limits of the present slender volume it would be manifestly absurd to expect a profound contribution to thought on the great issues named in its title. Nevertheless, while displaying once more the intellectual reaction against nineteenth-century faith in the capacity of science to improve human society which characterizes his philosophical writings, Mr. Huxley sets forth clearly the interrelations between science, liberty and peace. The two essays of which the book consists make no claims to originality of thought, and it is easy to recognize the influence on Mr. Huxley's thinking of A. N. Whitehead, Louis Mumford, Karl Mannheim, E. H. Carr, Lord Lindsay and others. The slenderness of the volume should not, however, have prevented the inclusion of at least some references which would help the reader who is interested to explore further sources on which, consciously or subconsciously, Mr. Huxley has drawn.
Science, Liberty and Peace
By Aldous Huxley. Pp. 64. (London: Chatto and Windus, 1947.) 3s. 6d. net.
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BRIGHTMAN, R. Science and Peace. Nature 160, 733–734 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160733a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/160733a0
