PREFACE 5
Ⅰ．In Praise of Idleness 9
Ⅱ．＇Useless＇Knowledge 22
Ⅲ．Architecture and Social Questions 32
Ⅳ．The Modern Midas 41
Ⅴ．The Ancestry of Fascism 53
Ⅵ．Scylla and Charybdis，or Communism and Fascism 69
Ⅶ．The Case for Socialism 76
Ⅷ．Western Civilization 98
Ⅸ．On Youthful Cynicism 110
Ⅹ．Modern Homogeneity 117
Ⅺ．Men versus Insects 124
Ⅻ．Education and Discipline 126
ⅩⅢ．Stoicism and Mental Health 132
ⅩⅣ．On Comets 139
ⅩⅤ．What is the Soul？ 141