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Tables of Contents for Enlightenment
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Overture: The Enlightenment in Its World
The Little Flock of Philosophes
3
17
Appearances and Realities
20
11
BOOK ONE: THE APPEAL TO ANTIQUITY
The Useful and Beloved Past
Hebrews and Hellenes
31
8
A Congenial Sense and Spirit
39
20
The Search for Paganism: From Identification to Identity
59
13
The First Enlightenment
Greece: From Myth to Reason
72
22
The Roman Enlightenment
94
33
The Climate of Criticism
Criticism as Philosophy
127
33
The Hospit able Pantheon
160
18
The Primacy of Moral Realism
178
19
Candide: The Epicurean as Stoic
197
15
BOOK TWO: THE TENSION WITH CHRISTIANITY
The Retreat from Reason
The Adulteration of Antiquity
212
14
The Betrayal of Criticism
226
10
The Rehabilitation of Myth
236
21
The Era of Pagan Christianity
The Purification of the Sources
257
22
Ancients and Moderns: The Ancients
279
29
Ancients and Moderns: The Moderns
308
15
In Dubious Battle
The Christian Component
323
13
The Treason of the Clerks
336
23
Beyond the Holy Circle
The Abuse of Learning
359
12
The Mission of Lucretius
371
30
David Hume: The Complete Modern Pagan
401
22
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
The Enlightenment in Its World
423
28
The Useful and Beloved Past
451
13
The First Enlightenment
464
18
The Climate of Criticism
482
7
The Retreat from Reason
489
16
The Era of Pagan Christianity
505
30
In Dubious Battle
535
12
Beyond the Holy Circle
547
6
Bibliography of Works Frequently Cited
553
3
Index
556