Can you explain what you see as “inescapably part of the human societal condition” and what the two writers misconstrued as something new?
I agree that Huxiey would probably reject something as trite as “atheism devalues humanity.” I was suggesting that his stance is somewhat broader. At the risk of reading ahead, John in the argument with Mond seems to be speaking for Huxley, seeing empty lives devoted to momentary pleasures as inevitable in a world without a god.
Mond’s lecture to the children in the early chapters was confusing. It wasn’t obvious who was waging war on groups like the Simple Lifers. Do you know?
I’ve been enjoying your dissection, partly because it gives me new perspectives about a book that I’ve never fully understood. I’ll be waiting for the section on the Savage Reservation, since it didn’t make sense that the people there would be excluded from conditioning.
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Re: Life of Pi?
Date: 2017-10-02 06:57 pm (UTC)I agree that Huxiey would probably reject something as trite as “atheism devalues humanity.” I was suggesting that his stance is somewhat broader. At the risk of reading ahead, John in the argument with Mond seems to be speaking for Huxley, seeing empty lives devoted to momentary pleasures as inevitable in a world without a god.
Mond’s lecture to the children in the early chapters was confusing. It wasn’t obvious who was waging war on groups like the Simple Lifers. Do you know?
I’ve been enjoying your dissection, partly because it gives me new perspectives about a book that I’ve never fully understood. I’ll be waiting for the section on the Savage Reservation, since it didn’t make sense that the people there would be excluded from conditioning.