An English philosopher and author of, among dozens of other books, The Perennial Philosophy — a hugely influential attempt to synthesize the world’s religions which paved the way for 20th century, Western religious studies and mysticism.

Selected Works (in chronological order)

Ends and Means: An Enquiry Into the Nature of Ideals and Into the Methods Employed for Their Realization (1937) – Aldous Huxley

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.