Ends and Means

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Ends and Means
First edition
AuthorAldous Huxley
PublisherChatto & Windus
Publication date1937

Ends and Means (an Enquiry Into the Nature of Ideals and Into the Methods Employed for Their Realization) is a book of essays written by Aldous Huxley.[1] Published in 1937, the book contains tracts on war,[2] religion,[3] nationalism and ethics,[4] and was cited as a major influence on Thomas Merton in his autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain.

The first American edition was published concurrently in 1937 under publisher Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London.

References

  1. Kraushaar, Otto F. (1938). "Review of Ends and Means". American Sociological Review. 3 (2): 259–260. doi:10.2307/2084270. ISSN 0003-1224. JSTOR 2084270.
  2. Schmerl, Rudolf B. (1959). "Aldous Huxley's Social Criticism". Chicago Review. 13 (1): 37. doi:10.2307/25293502.
  3. Knight, Frank H. (1939). "Review of Ends and Means". Ethics. 49 (3): 358–359. ISSN 0014-1704.
  4. "Ends and Means | Mouritz ~ specialist publisher on the Alexander Technique". mouritz.org. Retrieved 17 June 2026.