附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-389) and index.
In the beginning -- Pythagoras and his inheritance -- India -- Plato to Porphyry -- Early Christianity -- Gnostic sects and the Manicheans -- The Bogomils, the Cathars, and the Orthodox Church -- The Renaissance -- The clockwork universe -- The Rise of Humanism -- Docks and dandelions -- Sunlight and sandals -- Sentient or machine -- Afterword -- Appendixes.
