| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-20页 |
| I. The Problem of Self-Knowledge | 第20-32页 |
| 1. Alienated Subjectivity | 第20-25页 |
| 2. Failed Education | 第25-29页 |
| 3. Searching for Valid Knowledge | 第29-32页 |
| II. The Problem of Political Knowledge | 第32-46页 |
| 1. Failed Political Ideals | 第32-36页 |
| 2. Depersonalized Individuals | 第36-39页 |
| 3. Sustained Faith in Democracy | 第39-46页 |
| III. The Problem of Scientific Knowledge | 第46-64页 |
| 1. Alienation of Science from Humanistic Concerns | 第46-50页 |
| 2. Disappointment with Scientific Fallibility | 第50-59页 |
| 3. Reaffirmed Scientific Faith | 第59-64页 |
| IV. The Problem of Religious Knowledge | 第64-77页 |
| 1. Patriarchal Authority of Religion | 第64-68页 |
| 2. Disappointment with Religious Authorities | 第68-72页 |
| 3. Religious Hope in the Virgin | 第72-77页 |
| V. The Problem of Historical Knowledge | 第77-89页 |
| 1. Search for Unitary Principle of History | 第77-82页 |
| 2. Interrogation of Historical Writings | 第82-85页 |
| 3. Henry Adams’s Own Principle of History | 第85-89页 |
| VI. Final integration of Personal Subjectivity | 第89-101页 |
| 1. Nature as a Force of Recuperation | 第89-93页 |
| 2. The Therapeutic Function of Art | 第93-96页 |
| 3. Medieval Imagination as a Sample of Perfection | 第96-101页 |
| Conclusion | 第101-103页 |
| Works Cited | 第103-108页 |