目录 PROLOGUE/序言 CHAPTER Ⅰ THE TYRANNY OF IGNORANCE/无知的暴虐 CHAPTER Ⅱ THE GREEKS/希腊人 CHAPTER Ⅲ THE BEGINNING OF RESTRAINT/桎梏的开始 CHAPTER Ⅳ THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS/诸神的黄昏 CHAPTER Ⅴ IMPRISONMENT/囚禁 CHAPTER Ⅵ THE PURE OF LIFE/生活的纯洁 CHAPTER Ⅶ THE INQUISITION/宗教法庭 CHAPTER Ⅷ THE CURIOUS ONES/求知的人 CHAPTER Ⅸ THE WAR UPON THE PRINTED WORD/向书开战 CHAPTER Ⅹ CONCERNING THE WRITING OF HISTORY IN GENERAL AND THIS BOOK IN PARTICULAR/历史写作的普遍性和本书的特殊性 CHAPTER Ⅺ RENAISSANCE/文艺复兴 CHAPTER Ⅻ THE REFORMATION/宗教改革 CHAPTER ⅩⅢ ERASMUS/伊拉斯谟 CHAPTER ⅩⅣ RABELAIS/拉伯雷 CHAPTER ⅩⅤ NEW SIGNBOARDS FOR OLD/旧世界的新招牌 CHAPTER ⅩⅥ THE ANABAPTISTS/再洗礼教徒 CHAPTER ⅩⅦ THE SOZZINI FAMILY/索兹尼家族 CHAPTER ⅩⅧ MONTAIGNE/蒙田 CHAPTER ⅩⅨ ARMINIUS/阿米尼乌斯 CHAPTER ⅩⅩ BRUNO/布鲁诺 CHAPTER XXI SPINOZA/斯宾诺莎 CHAPTER ⅩⅫ THE NEW ZION/新的天国 CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅢ THE SUN KING/太阳王 CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅣ FREDERICK THE GREAT/腓特烈大帝 CHAPTER XXV VOLTAIRE/伏尔泰 CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅥ THE ENCYCLOPEDIA/百科全书 CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅦ THE INTOLERANCE OF REVOLUTION/革命的不宽容 CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅧ LESSING/莱辛 CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅨ TOM PAINE/汤姆·潘恩 CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩ THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS/最后一百年
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