‘The great end of life is not knowledge but action. What men need is, as much knowledge as they can assimilate and organise into a basis for action; give them more and it may become injurious.’
Thomas Henry Huxley brings together some of the most forceful prose of the Victorian age in this essay collection. Best known as a defender of modern scientific thought, Huxley argues for the importance of scientific training in the development of true intellectual culture. The essays collected in this volume all defend this thesis, doing so in a sharp, clear, and eloquent manner that offers an essential introduction to one of the most influential intellectuals of the Victorian era.
Thomas Henry Huxley was a British biologist and educator. He was known as “Darwin’s bulldog” for his public support of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. He was also the grandfather of famous writer Aldous Huxley.