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The Perennial Philosophy
The Perennial Philosophy is a comparative study of mysticism by the British writer and novelist Aldous Huxley. Its title derives from the theological tradition of "perennial philosophy".
Social and political context.
"The Perennial Philosophy" was first published in 1945 immediately after the Second World War (and the defeat of National Socialism) by Harper & Brothers in the United States (1946 by Chatto & Windus in the United Kingdom). The jacket text of the British first edition explains:
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- 1995, UK, Ulverscroft, , Pub date 1 Aug 1995, Large print
- 1997, US, Owl Books, , Pub date Jul 1997, Paperback
- 2003, US, Picador, , Pub date Sep 2003, Paperback
- 2005, UK, Fourth Estate, , Pub date 4 Mar 2010, Paperback
- 2010, US, Harper Perennial, , Paperback
- 2011, UK, Whole Story Audiobooks, , Pub date 1 Sep 2011, Audio CD (read by Sandra Duncan)