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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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|---|---|---|
| CHAPTER III | ||
| FRANCIS BACON | ||
| I. | From Aristotle to the Renaissance | 107 |
| II. | The Political Career of Francis Bacon | 117 |
| III. | The Essays | 122 |
| IV. | The Great Reconstruction | 131 |
| 1.The Advancement of Learning | 133 | |
| 2.The New Organon | 141 | |
| 3.The Utopia of Science | 148 | |
| V. | Criticism | 152 |
| VI. | Epilogue | 158 |
| CHAPTER IV | ||
| SPINOZA | ||
| I. | Historical and Biographical | 161 |
| 1.The Odyssey of the Jews | 161 | |
| 2.The Education of Spinoza | 164 | |
| 3.Excommunication | 167 | |
| 4.Retirement and Death | 170 | |
| II. | The Treatise on Religion and the State | 178 |
| III. | The Improvement of the Intellect | 182 |
| IV. | The Ethics | 185 |
| 1.Nature and God | 187 | |
| 2.Matter and Mind | 193 | |
| 3.Intelligence and Morals | 197 | |
| 4.Religion and Immortality | 205 | |
| V. | The Political Treatise | 208 |
| VI. | The Influence of Spinoza | 215 |
