Preface 3
Introduction 5
ChapterⅠ The Search for Parallelisms and Its Dangers 17
ChapterⅡDoctrine of Progress: and Eschatology 39
Chapter ⅢJoachim of Flora's and St. Augustine's Theologies of History 55
Chapter ⅣGnosticism 71
Chapter ⅤHobbes's Leviathan 85
Chapter ⅥThe Philosophy of the Enlightenment 91
Chapter ⅦHume's Empiricism and Kant's Transcendental Philosophy 129
Chapter ⅧSaint-Simon's "New Religion" and Proudhon's Social Theory 137
Chapter ⅨComte's Positive Philosophy 147
Chapter ⅩMarx's Economic Interpretation of History 163
Chapter ⅪNietzsche the Christian 199
Chapter ⅫNietzsche the Metaphysician 225
ChapterⅩⅢModern Science 251
Chapter ⅪⅤModern Politics 257
Conclusion 271
Bibliography 273
Index of Subjects 281
Index of Names 289