Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. NORTH/SOUTH 1
6. 1. Groundwork 3
7. 2. Decline and Resistance 18
8. 3. The Challenge of Ideas 38
9. 4. Tolerance Twin to Incredulity 48
10. 5. The Paradox of Time and the Moderns 53
11. 6. Characters and Causality 66
12. 7. Centring the Great Bases in Thought 78
13. 8. English Thought: John Milton, John Locke, and John Stuart Mill 92
14. 9. The Edict of Nantes, Toleration, and Voltaire 113
15. 10. The Pending Revival of the South 126
16. 11. Towards a Summation 139
17. Appendix: Shakespearean Silhouettes 147
18. Notes 151
19. Works Cited and Consulted 163
20. Index 173