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The Humanist Frame (1961) p. 18
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In the evolutionary pattern of thought, there is neither need nor room for the supernatural. The earth was not created; it evolved. So did all the animals and plants that inhabit it, including our human selves, mind and soul as well as brain and body. So did religion.

— Julian Huxley

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In the evolutionary pattern of thought, there is neither need nor room for the supernatural. The earth was not created; it evolved. So did all the animals and plants that inhabit it, including our human selves, mind and soul as well as brain and body. So did religion." in the context of "The Humanist Frame (1961) p. 18" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Julian Huxley

About Julian Huxley

Sir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS (June 22 1887 – February 14 1975) was an English evolutionary biologist, author, humanist and internationalist, known for his popularisations of science in books and lectures. He was the elder brother of Aldous Huxley.