Aldous Huxley (July 26, 1894 to November 22, 1963) is accorded a high rank among intellectuals because of his writing. Like many writers, he would up in California. Like many writers he used drugs. Unlike many, he thought he could square this with some religious perspective.
Aldous Huxley was a cat person, and made this quip,
"No man ever dared to manifest his boredom so insolently as does a Siamese tomcat when he yawns in the face of his amorously importunate wife."
Aldous was the grand-nephew of Matthew Arnold, of "Dover Beach" fame. You could say in Aldous we appreciate the consequences of an event where "the sea of faith" has withdrawn to the "vast edges drear/And naked shingles of the world." You could, but it would be a cheap shot.
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