''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 Aldous Leonard Huxley ( ; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including non-fiction novel, non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems. Born into the ...

. Published in 1937, the book contains illuminating tracts on war, religion, nationalism and ethics, and was cited as a major influence on

Thomas Merton Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915December 10, 1968), religious name M. Louis, was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, Christian mysticism, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. He was a monk in the Trapp ...

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.

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