The Holiness in Reality
When science is a source of spirituality in people’s lives, they feel happy and engaged. The post The Holiness in Reality appeared first on Nautilus.
by Brian Gallagher
Sep 01, 2023
3 minutes
For Julian Huxley, science was spiritual. The biologist, brother of the novelist Aldous Huxley and grandson of “Darwin’s Bulldog” Thomas Henry Huxley, thought evolutionary ideas hinted at humanity’s destiny: to safeguard the future of life on Earth and, by learning more about ourselves and the universe, expand the possibilities of humanity’s potential.
Rejecting the idea of the supernatural gave him enormous “spiritual relief,” he wrote in his 1927 book . Understanding reality scientifically
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