The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the TimesSophia Perennis, 2001 - 284 sidor ""The reign of quantity" gives a concise but comprehensive view of the present state of affairs in the world, as it appears from the point of view of the 'ancient wisdom', formerly common both to the East and to the West, but now almost entirely lost sight of. The author indicates with his fabled clarity and directness the precise nature of the modern deviation, and devotes special attention to the development of modern philosophy and science, and to the part played by them, with their accompanying notions of progress and evolution, in the formation of the industrial and democratic society which we now regard as 'normal'. Guénon sees history as a descent from Form (or Quality) toward Matter (or Quantity); but after the Reign of Quantity-modern materialism and the 'rise of the masses'-Guénon predicts a reign of 'inverted quality' just before the end of the age: the triumph of the 'counter-initiation', the kingdom of Antichrist. This text is considered the magnum opus among Guénon's texts of civilizational criticism, as is Symbols of Sacred Science among his studies on symbols and cosmology, and Man and His Becoming according to the Vedanta among his more purely metaphysical works." --Descripción del editor. |
Innehåll
Introduction | 1 |
Quality and Quantity | 11 |
Materia Signata Quantitate | 16 |
Measure and Manifestation | 23 |
Spatial Quantity and Qualified Space | 31 |
The Qualitative Determinations of Time | 38 |
The Principle of Individuation | 45 |
Uniformity against Unity | 49 |
The Significance of Metallurgy | 152 |
Time changed into Space | 159 |
Toward Dissolution | 165 |
The Fissures in the Great Wall | 172 |
Shamanism and Sorcery | 177 |
Psychic Residues | 185 |
The Successive Stages in AntiTraditional Action | 191 |
Deviation and Subversion | 197 |
Ancient Crafts and Modern Industry | 55 |
The Twofold Significance of Anonymity | 62 |
The Illusion of Statistics | 68 |
Unity and Simplicity | 74 |
The Hatred of Secrecy | 82 |
The Postulates of Rationalism | 89 |
Mechanism and Materialism | 96 |
The Illusion of Ordinary Life | 101 |
The Degeneration of Coinage | 107 |
The Solidification of the World | 113 |
Scientific Mythology and Popularization | 120 |
The Limits of History and Geography | 128 |
From Sphere to Cube | 137 |
Cain and Abel | 144 |
The Inversion of Symbols | 202 |
Tradition and Traditionalism | 208 |
NeoSpiritualism | 215 |
Contemporary Intuitionism | 220 |
The Misdeeds of Psychoanalysis | 227 |
The Confusion of the Psychic and the Spiritual | 235 |
PseudoInitiation | 241 |
The Deceptiveness of Prophecies | 252 |
From AntiTradition to CounterTradition | 261 |
or Spirituality Inverted | 267 |
The End of a World | 275 |
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anti-traditional action Antichrist appear applied aspect become belong character clearly completely conception connection considered constitutes contrary corresponding cosmic counter-initiation counter-tradition counterfeit course cycle cyclical Descartes direct dition doctrine domain earlier effective elements ence essence essential everything exactly existence explained expression extent fact fourth dimension Fu Hsi geometry Hindu human ical idea implies individual inferior influences initiatic inverted Kabbalah kind least less limits malefic manifestation Manvantara materia secunda materialism materialistic matter meaning modern deviation modern mentality modern spirit modern world moreover nature necessarily never nevertheless opposite particular play point of view possible Prakriti present principle profane properly so called pseudo-initiation psychic psychoanalysis pure quantity qualitative question reality realized reason reign of quantity relation religion RENÉ GUÉNON represents Sanskrit satanic scientific mythology sense shamanism significance solidification sort space speak spiritual subtle subversion symbolism tendency theories things tion traditional true truth unity Vedanta word
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