# Huxley — Orthodoxy character guide

> Huxley in Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Thomas Henry Huxley

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-the-suicide-of-thought

## Who they are

Biologist and agnostic, whose evolutionary views are discussed.

## In the story

### [The Suicide of Thought](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orthodoxy_se/chapters/iii-the-suicide-of-thought)

Mentioned as preaching a humility content to learn from Nature, contrasted with the new skeptic's doubt.

### [The Paradoxes of Christianity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orthodoxy_se/chapters/vi-the-paradoxes-of-christianity)

Cited alongside Bradlaugh as a strong, reticent critic of Christianity, representing the rationalist opposition.

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