The Reign of Quantity
Published: 1945
René Guénon critiques the modern world, seeing it as a descent from quality toward quantity and predicting a reign of inverted quality before the end of the age, focusing on modern philosophy, science, and the rise of materialism.
Chapters
Ch. 0
Editorial Note
Ch. 1
Introduction
Ch. 2
Quality and Quantity
Ch. 3
Materia Signata Quantitate
Ch. 4
Measure and Manifestation
Ch. 5
Spatial Quantity and Qualified Space
Ch. 6
The Qualitative Determinations of Time
Ch. 7
The Principle of Individuation
Ch. 8
Uniformity against Unity
Ch. 9
Ancient Crafts and Modern Industry
Ch. 10
The Twofold Significance of Anonymity
Ch. 11
The Illusion of Statistics
Ch. 12
Unity and 'Simplicity'
Ch. 13
The Hatred of Secrecy
Ch. 14
The Postulates of Rationalism
Ch. 15
Mechanism and Materialism
Ch. 16
The Illusion of 'Ordinary Life'
Ch. 17
The Degeneration of Coinage
Ch. 18
The Solidification of the World
Ch. 19
Scientific Mythology and Popularization
Ch. 20
The Limits of History and Geography
Ch. 21
From Sphere to Cube
Ch. 22
Cain and Abel
Ch. 23
The Significance of Metallurgy
Ch. 24
Time changed into Space
Ch. 25
Toward Dissolution
Ch. 26
The Fissures in the Great Wall
Ch. 27
Shamanism and Sorcery
Ch. 28
Psychic Residues
Ch. 29
The Successive Stages in Anti-Traditional Action
Ch. 30
Deviation and Subversion
Ch. 31
The Inversion of Symbols
Ch. 32
Tradition and Traditionalism
Ch. 33
Neo-Spiritualism
Ch. 34
Contemporary Intuitionism
Ch. 35
The Misdeeds of Psychoanalysis
Ch. 36
The Confusion of the Psychic and the Spiritual
Ch. 37
Pseudo-Initiation
Ch. 38
The Deceptiveness of 'Prophecies'
Ch. 39
From Anti-Tradition to Counter-Tradition
Ch. 40
The Great Parody: or Spirituality Inverted
Ch. 41