Chapter I: Introduction: The Plan of This Book 3

_PART I_

ON THE CREATURE CALLED MAN

CHAP.

I. THE MAN IN THE CAVE 19

II. PROFESSORS AND PREHISTORIC MEN 39

III. THE ANTIQUITY OF CIVILISATION 58

IV. GOD AND COMPARATIVE RELIGION 89

V. MAN AND MYTHOLOGIES 111

VI. THE DEMONS AND THE PHILOSOPHERS 129

VII. THE WAR OF THE GODS AND DEMONS 154

VIII. THE END OF THE WORLD 171

_PART II_

ON THE MAN CALLED CHRIST

CHAP.

I. THE GOD IN THE CAVE 191

II. THE RIDDLES OF THE GOSPEL 211

III. THE STRANGEST STORY IN THE WORLD 227

IV. THE WITNESS OF THE HERETICS 245

V. THE ESCAPE FROM PAGANISM 267

VI. THE FIVE DEATHS OF THE FAITH 288

CONCLUSION: THE SUMMARY OF THIS BOOK 302

APPENDIX I.: ON PREHISTORIC MAN 313

APPENDIX II.: ON AUTHORITY AND ACCURACY 315