- Chapter 1: Of the Passion Caused by the Sublime
- Chapter 2: Terror
- Chapter 3: Obscurity
- Chapter 4: Of the Difference Between Clearness and Obscurity with Regard to the Passions
- Chapter 5: The Same Subject Continued
- Chapter 6: Power
- Chapter 7: Privation
- Chapter 8: Vastness
- Chapter 9: Infinity
- Chapter 10: Succession and Uniformity
- Chapter 11: Magnitude in Building
- Chapter 12: Infinity in Pleasing Objects
- Chapter 13: Difficulty
- Chapter 14: Magnificence
- Chapter 15: Light
- Chapter 16: Light in Building
- Chapter 17: Colour Considered as Productive of the Sublime
- Chapter 18: Sound and Loudness
- Chapter 19: Suddenness
- Chapter 20: Intermitting
- Chapter 21: The Cries of Animals
- Chapter 22: Smell and Taste. Bitters and Stenches
- Chapter 23: Feeling. Pain