PROLOGUE 3
CHAPTER Ⅰ. THE TYRANNY OF IGNORANCE 10
CHAPTER Ⅱ. THE GREEKS 19
CHAPTER Ⅲ. THE BEGINNING OF RESTRAINT 56
CHAPTER Ⅳ. THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS 66
CHAPTER Ⅴ. IMPRISONMENT 88
CHAPTER Ⅵ. THE PURE OF LIFE 99
CHAPTER Ⅶ. THE INQUISITION 110
CHAPTER Ⅷ. THE CURIOUS ONES 129
CHAPTER Ⅸ. THE WAR UPON THE PRINTED WORD 142
CHAPTER Ⅹ. CONCERNING THE WRITING OF HISTORY IN GENERAL AND THIS BOOK IN PARTICULAR 150
CHAPTER Ⅺ. RENAISSANCE 153
CHAPTER Ⅻ. THE REFORMATION 160
CHAPTER XⅢ. ERASMUS 174
CHAPTER XⅣ. RABELAIS 189
CHAPTER XⅤ. NEW SIGNBOARDS FOR OLD 199
CHAPTER XⅥ. THE ANABAPTISTS 219
CHAPTER XⅦ. THE SOZZINI FAMILY 228
CHAPTER XⅧ. MONTAIGNE 238
CHAPTER XⅨ. ARMINIUS 244
CHAPTER XⅩ. BRUNO 254
CHAPTER XⅪ. SPINOIA 260
CHAPTER XⅫ. THE NEW ZION 273
CHAPTER XXⅢ. THE SUN KING 286
CHAPTER XXⅣ. FREDERICK THE GREAT 290
CHAPTER XXⅤ. VOLTAIRE 293
CHAPTER XXⅥ. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA 312
CHAPTER XXⅦ. THE INTOLERANCE OF REVOLUTION 320
CHAPTER XXⅧ. LESSING 330
CHAPTER XXⅨ. TOM PAINE 342
CHAPTER XXⅩ. THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS 348