Le Règne de la quantité et les signes des temps
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Le Règne de la quantité et les signes des temps is a major metaphysical and traditionalist critique of modernity by René Guénon, analyzing the dominance of quantitative thinking and its spiritual consequences in the contemporary world.
All labels observed (1)
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| Le Règne de la quantité et les signes des temps canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Règne de la quantité et les signes des temps Context triple: [René Guénon, notableWork, Le Règne de la quantité et les signes des temps]
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Les Tendances nouvelles
Les Tendances nouvelles is a written work by French Post-Impressionist artist and theorist Émile Bernard, reflecting his ideas on modern art and aesthetics.
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Le Message
Le Message is a short story by Honoré de Balzac that forms part of his larger collection Scènes de la vie parisienne within La Comédie humaine.
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Les Heures Claires
Les Heures Claires is the original French name of the iconic modernist Villa Savoye designed by Le Corbusier near Paris.
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De signatura rerum
De signatura rerum is a 17th-century mystical and theosophical treatise by Jakob Böhme that explores how the divine nature is revealed through the symbolic “signatures” imprinted in all created things.
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E.
À rebours
À rebours is an 1884 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans that became a seminal work of the Decadent movement, famed for its portrayal of an eccentric aristocrat’s extreme aestheticism and rejection of conventional morality.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Règne de la quantité et les signes des temps Target entity description: Le Règne de la quantité et les signes des temps is a major metaphysical and traditionalist critique of modernity by René Guénon, analyzing the dominance of quantitative thinking and its spiritual consequences in the contemporary world.
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A.
Les Tendances nouvelles
Les Tendances nouvelles is a written work by French Post-Impressionist artist and theorist Émile Bernard, reflecting his ideas on modern art and aesthetics.
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B.
Le Message
Le Message is a short story by Honoré de Balzac that forms part of his larger collection Scènes de la vie parisienne within La Comédie humaine.
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C.
Les Heures Claires
Les Heures Claires is the original French name of the iconic modernist Villa Savoye designed by Le Corbusier near Paris.
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D.
De signatura rerum
De signatura rerum is a 17th-century mystical and theosophical treatise by Jakob Böhme that explores how the divine nature is revealed through the symbolic “signatures” imprinted in all created things.
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E.
À rebours
À rebours is an 1884 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans that became a seminal work of the Decadent movement, famed for its portrayal of an eccentric aristocrat’s extreme aestheticism and rejection of conventional morality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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metaphysical treatise ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
demonstrate the spiritual roots of modern crisis
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reaffirm traditional metaphysical principles ⓘ |
| author | René Guénon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
Kali Yuga
NERFINISHED
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counter-initiation ⓘ end of a world cycle ⓘ inversion of symbols ⓘ qualitative vs quantitative order ⓘ reign of quantity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| genre |
metaphysics
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philosophy of religion ⓘ traditionalist critique ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of cyclical time
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analysis of modern civilization ⓘ analysis of the loss of qualitative distinctions ⓘ analysis of the reign of quantity ⓘ critique of egalitarianism ⓘ critique of individualism ⓘ critique of materialism ⓘ critique of scientism ⓘ discussion of spiritual degeneration ⓘ discussion of the end of a cycle ⓘ discussion of the signs of the times ⓘ |
| influenced |
Traditionalist thinkers
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contemporary critiques of modernity ⓘ religious perennialists ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
critique of modernity
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quantitative thinking ⓘ spiritual consequences of modernity ⓘ traditionalist metaphysics ⓘ |
| movement | Traditionalist School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of quantitative domination in modern thought
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systematic metaphysical critique of modern civilization ⓘ traditionalist interpretation of contemporary history ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalSubject |
metaphysics of time
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ontology ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ religious symbolism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Perennialism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Aperçus sur l’ésotérisme chrétien
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Introduction générale à l’étude des doctrines hindoues NERFINISHED ⓘ La Crise du monde moderne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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