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> [“The falsification of everything has been shown to be one of the characteristic features of our period, but falsification is not in itself subversion properly so-called, though contributing directly to the preparation for it. Perhaps the clearest indication of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/the-falsification-of-everything-has-been-shown-to-be-one-of-the/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

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## More by René Guénon

> [“It sometimes so happens that people who imagine that they are fighting the devil, whatever their particular notion of the devil may be, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/it-sometimes-so-happens-that-people-who-imagine-that-they-are/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“The profane sciences of which the modern world is so proud are really and truly only the degenerate ‘residues’ of the ancient traditional sciences.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/the-profane-sciences-of-which-the-modern-world-is-so-proud-are-really/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“The quantitative degeneration of all things is closely linked to that of money, as is shown by the fact that nowadays the ‘worth’ of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/the-quantitative-degeneration-of-all-things-is-closely-linked-to-that/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“Those who might be tempted to give way to despair should realize that nothing accomplished in this order can ever be lost, that confusion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/those-who-might-be-tempted-to-give-way-to-despair-should-realize-that/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [ “\[...\] Within the religious realm, the same can be said about that type of'apologetics' that claims to agree with the results of modern science-an… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/within-the-religious-realm-the-same-can-be-said-about-that-type-of/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [ “\[Modern scientific\] theories can necessarily never be more than hypothetical, since their starting-point is wholly empirical, for facts in themselves are always susceptible of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/modern-scientific-theories-can-necessarily-never-be-more-than/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [The "end of a world" never is and never can be anything but the end of an illusion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/the-end-of-a-world-never-is-and-never-can-be-anything-but-the-end-of/)

[Rene Guenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“This now leads us to elucidate more precisely the error of the idea that the majority should make the law, because, even though this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/this-now-leads-us-to-elucidate-more-precisely-the-error-of-the-idea/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“Indeed, some of the problems commonly engaging the attention of philosophical thought appear to be deprived, not only of all importance, but of any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/indeed-some-of-the-problems-commonly-engaging-the-attention-of/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“It is doubtless true that the masses have always been led in one way or another, and it could be said that their part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/it-is-doubtless-true-that-the-masses-have-always-been-led-in-one-way/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“The men of today boast of the ever growing extent of the modifications they impose on the world, and the consequence is that everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/the-men-of-today-boast-of-the-ever-growing-extent-of-the/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“Modern man, instead of attempting to raise himself to truth, seeks to drag truth down to his own level.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/modern-man-instead-of-attempting-to-raise-himself-to-truth-seeks-to/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“What men call chance is simply their ignorance of causes; if the statement that something had happened by chance were to mean that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/what-men-call-chance-is-simply-their-ignorance-of-causes-if-the/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“The same trend is noticeable in the scientific realm: research here is for its own sake far more than for the partial and fragmentary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/the-same-trend-is-noticeable-in-the-scientific-realm-research-here-is/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [We have in fact entered upon the final phase..., the darkest period of this dark age, the state of dissolution from which there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/we-have-in-fact-entered-upon-the-final-phase-the-darkest-period-of/)

[Rene Guenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

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