Original titleLe règne de la quantité et les signes des temps Published1945 (in French)
1953: Luzac
1972: Penguin Metaphysical Library
2001: Sophia Perennis Pages363 (Penguin)
284 (Sophia Perennis) ISBN0-900588-67-5 (paperback edition)
ISBN 0-900588-68-3 (hardcover edition) TranslatorWalter James, 4th Baron Northbourne (1953) SubjectsMaterialism, Civilization, Scientism, Idea of progress SimilarRené Guénon books, Comparative religion books
The reign of quantity and the signs of the times
The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times (French: Le règne de la quantité et les signes des temps) is a book by René Guénon first published in 1945. It has been called "his best-known work", and it expands on themes already present in his previous The Crisis of the Modern World (La Crise du monde moderne, 1927).