Ends and Means
Ends and Means (1937) by Aldous Huxley considers the methods (means) whereby people achieve their goals (ends), especially in religion and in society. It was published a year after Aldous Huxley started having lessons with Alexander. In Ends and Means Huxley relates social problems (of politics, of war, of economics, of education) to ethics. […]
Human Nature and Conduct
John Dewey’s Human Nature and Conduct (1922) is one of his most widely read and most widely quoted books. Alexander quotes from it in UCL, in a footnote, as follows: In his Human Nature and Conduct (pp. 27-29) Professor John Dewey discusses what happens when the ordinary man, slouching along with a stoop, […]
The House of Lords, United Kingdom
The House of Lords, United Kingdom, has on occasion mentioned the Alexander Technique, in 1977, 1990 and 2004. The 1990 speech by Lord Richie of Dundee is a general introduction to the Technique. The following extracts are from the official records, Hansard. 1977 Lord Ferrier asked the question whether or not it is intended […]
