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The reign of quantity and the signs of the times / René Guénon ; translator, Lord Northbourne.
Record details
- ISBN: 0900588683
- ISBN: 9780900588686
- Physical Description: xii, 284 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: Fourth, revised edition.
- Publisher: Hillsdale, NY : Sophia Perennis, 2001.
- Copyright: ©2001
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in French as Le règne de la quantité et les signes des temps, © Éditions Gallimard 1945"--Title page verso. "Second impression 2004"--Title page verso. "Third edition, Sophia Perennis, Ghent, 1995; Second edition, Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1972; First edition, Luzac & Co., London, 1953"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Quality & quantity -- Materia signata quantitate -- Measure & manifestation -- Spatial quantity & qualified space -- The qualitative determinations of time -- The principle of individuation -- Uniformity against unity -- Ancient crafts & modern industry -- The twofold significance of anonymity -- The illusion of statistics -- Unity & 'simplicity' -- The hatred of secrecy -- The postulates of rationalism -- Mechanism & materialism -- The illusion of 'ordinary life' -- The degeneration of coinage -- The solidification of the world -- Scientific mythology & popularization -- The limits of history & geography -- From sphere to cube -- Cain & Abel -- The significance of metallurgy -- Time changed into space -- Toward dissolution -- The fissures in the great wall -- Shamanism & sorcery -- Psychic residues -- The successive stages in anti-traditional action -- Deviation & subversion -- The inversion of symbols -- Tradition & traditionalism -- Neo-spiritualism -- Contemporary intuitionism -- The misdeeds of psychoanalysis -- The confusion of the psychic & the spiritual -- Pseudo-initiation -- The deceptiveness of 'prophecies' -- From anti-tradition to counter-tradition -- The great parody: or spirituality inverted -- The end of a world. |
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| Subject: | Materialism > Miscellanea. Civilization, Modern > Philosophy > Miscellanea. Symbolism. Theosophy. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| West Leonard | 146.3 G935r (Text) | 31307025534399 | Non Fiction | Available | - |
