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Atheists & Agnostics

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1. I'm a big fan of Aldous Huxley ...

Reply to Chalco (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 04:09 PM

Apr 2025

Loved Island.

And I do not have to like an author's ideology in all respects to enjoy the author's writing.
I don't approve of his some time role as a drug guru.
Still, his The Doors of Perception is worth reading.

There are folks with much worse ideologies who are worth reading.
Evelyn Waugh for example, who was a big fan of General Franco.

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Aldous Huxley....Thoughts? [View all] Chalco Apr 2025 OP

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