The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times

The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times

Cover of the first edition
Author	René Guénon
Original title	Le Règne de la quantité et les signes des temps
Translator	1953: Lord Northbourne
Country	France
Language	French
Subjects	Materialism, civilization, scientism, Idea of Progress
Published	1945 (in French) 1953: Luzac 1972: Penguin Metaphysical Library 2001: Sophia Perennis
Pages	363 (Penguin) 284 (Sophia Perennis)
ISBN	0-900588-67-5 (paperback edition) ISBN 0-900588-68-3 (hardcover edition)

The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times (French: Le Règne de la Quantité et les Signes des Temps) is a 1945 book by the French intellectual René Guénon, in which the author offers a comprehensive explanation, based on tradition, of the cyclical conditions that led to the modern world in general and to the Second World War in particular. The book was published with the support of Jean Paulhan from Gallimard, who created a collection exclusively dedicated to "Tradition" in order to publish Guénon.