CHAPTER 1 THE TYRANNY OF IGNORANCE 1
CHAPTER 2 THE GREEKS 12
CHAPTER 3 THE BEGINNING OF RESTRAINT 53
CHAPTER 4 THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS 66
CHAPTER 5 IMPRISONMENT 91
CHAPTER 6 THE PURE OF LIFE 102
CHAPTER 7 THE INQUISITION 114
CHAPTER 8 THE CURIOUS ONES 135
CHAPTER 9 THE WAR UPON THE PRINTED WORD 149
CHAPTER 10 CONCERNING THE WRITING OF HISTORY IN GENERAL AND THIS BOOK IN PARTICULAR 158
CHAPTER 11 RENAISSANCE 162
CHAPTER 12 THE REFORMATION 171
CHAPTER 13 ERASMUS 186
CHAPTER 14 RABELAIS 203
CHAPTER 15 NEW SIGNBOARDS FOR OLD 214
CHAPTER 16 THE ANABAPTISTS 237
CHAPTER 17 THE SOZZINI FAMILY 248
CHAPTER 18 MONTAIGNE 260
CHAPTER 19 ARMINIUS 267
CHAPTER 20 BRUNO 279
CHAPTER 21 SPINOZA 286
CHAPTER 22 THE NEW ZION 301
CHAPTER 23 THE SUN KING 316
CHAPTER 24 FREDERICK THE GREAT 321
CHAPTER 25 VOLTAIRE 325
CHAPTER 26 THE ENCYCLOPEDIA 348
CHAPTER 27 THE INTOLERANCE OF REVOLUTION 357
CHAPTER 28 LESSING 368
CHAPTER 29 TOM PAINE 383
CHAPTER 30 THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS 390
THE LIFE OF HENDRIK WILLEM VAN LOON 397