1．无知的暴政／The Tyranny of Ignorance 1
2．希腊人／The Greeks 11
3．禁锢的开始／The Beginning of Restraint 46
4．众神的黄昏／The Twilight of the Gods 58
5．禁锢／Imprisonment 81
6．纯洁的生活／The Pure of Life 91
7．宗教裁判所／The Inquisition 101
8．好奇的人／The Curious ones 120
9．对书籍开战／The War upon the Printed Word 133
10．关于写历史书的普通问题，以及写这本书的特殊问题／Concerning the Writing of History in General and This Book in Particular 141
11．文艺复兴／Renaissance 145
12．宗教改革／The Reformation 154
13．伊拉斯谟／Erasmus 167
14．拉伯雷／Rabelais 182
15．新招牌换掉旧招牌／New Signboards for Old 192
16．再洗礼派教徒／The Anabaptists 212
17．索齐尼叔侄／The Sozzini Family 222
18．蒙田／Montaigne 233
19．阿米尼乌斯／Arminius 240
20．布鲁诺／Bruno 251
21．斯宾诺莎／Spinoza 257
22．新天堂／The New Zion 271
23．太阳王／The Sun King 284
24．腓特烈大帝／Frederick the Great 289
25．伏尔泰／Voltaire 293
26．百科全书／The Encyclopedia 312
27．革命的不宽容／The Intolerance of Revolution 320
28．莱辛／Lessing 330
29．托马斯·潘恩／Tom Paine 343
30．最后一百年／The Last Hundred Years 349