Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? — Quantity

"That curious modern hypostatization “service” is often called in to substitute for the now incomprehensible doctrine of vocation. It tries to secure subordination by hypothesizing something larger than the self, which turns out, however, to be only a multitude of selfish selves. The familiar change from quality to quantity may again be noted; one serves not the higher part of the self (this entails hierarchy) … but merely consumer demand. And who admires those at the top of a hierarchy of consumption? Man as a consuming animal is thus seen to be not enough."

"The mass is a matrix from which all traditional behavior toward works of art issues today in a new form. Quantity has been transmuted into quality. The greatly increased mass of participants has produced a change in the mode of participation."

"Our culture, obsessed with numbers, has given us the idea that what we can measure is more important than what we cant measure. Think about that for a minute. It means that we make quantity more important than quality."

"Quantity has a quality all its own."

"We cannot deny the indictment that we seek solution for practically every problem of life in quantitative terms, and are not fully aware of the limits of this approach."

"The demon of quantity, who will soon rule the world, is pressing home his attack and fortifying his positions in literary circles as everywhere else."