The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times

by Guenon, Rene

• ISBN13: 9780900588686
• ISBN10: 0900588683
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Table of Contents

Editorial Note	xi
Introduction	1	(10)
Quality & Quantity	11	(5)
Materia Signata Quantitate	16	(7)
Measure & Manifestation	23	(8)
Spatial Quantity & Qualified Space	31	(7)
The Qualitative Determinations of Time	38	(7)
The Principle of Individuation	45	(4)
Uniformity against Unity	49	(6)
Ancient Crafts & Modern Industry	55	(7)
The Twofold Significance of Anonymity	62	(6)
The Illusion of Statistics	68	(6)
Unity & `Simplicity'	74	(8)
The Hatred of Secrecy	82	(7)
The Postulates of Rationalism	89	(7)
Mechanism & Materialism	96	(5)
The Illusion of `Ordinary Life'	101	(6)
The Degeneration of Coinage	107	(6)
The Solidification of the World	113	(7)
Scientific Mythology & Popularization	120	(8)
The Limits of History & Geography	128	(9)
From Sphere to Cube	137	(7)
Cain & Abel	144	(8)
The Significance of Metallurgy	152	(7)
Time changed into Space	159	(6)
Toward Dissolution	165	(7)
The Fissures in the Great Wall	172	(5)
Shamanism & Sorcery	177	(8)
Psychic Residues	185	(6)
The Successive Stages in Anti-Traditional Action	191	(6)
Deviation & Subversion	197	(5)
The Inversion of Symbols	202	(6)
Tradition & Traditionalism	208	(7)
Neo-Spiritualism	215	(5)
Contemporary Intuitionism	220	(7)
The Misdeeds of Psychoanalysis	227	(8)
The Confusion of the Psychic & the Spiritual	235	(6)
Pseudo-Initiation	241	(11)
The Deceptiveness of `Prophecies'	252	(8)
From Anti-Tradition to Counter-Tradition	260	(7)
The Great Parody: or Spirituality Inverted	267	(8)
The End of a World	275	(6)
Index	281