Re: The first transhumanist: Julian Huxley

Damien Broderick (damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au)
Sat, 25 Apr 1998 12:31:00 +0000


At 09:28 PM 4/24/98 -0500, Thom wrote:

> he did think of himself more as a humanist that embraced
>change. As far as I can tell, he coined the term transhumance when
>discussing his own bran of humanism, called EVOLUTIONARY HUMANISM.

Huxley coined the term `humanism'. Interestingly, `transhumance' means
moving your livestock every season to a different region, usually up and
down mountain slopes. Bran means moving your bowels frequently. Sorry, it
must be this muesli.

Damien Broderick