Part one: philosophy's Lord Chancellor. Why read Francis Bacon?
Part two: a prudent legislator. René Descartes, Baconian
Descartes and Socrates: a turning point in the Discourse
Descartes and Montaigne: the Discourse as essay
Part three: another genuine philosopher. Nietzsche and the history of philosophy
Philosophy and the deadly truths
Joyous science I: the new history of philosophy
Joyous science II: the hyperborean history of European philosophy and religion
Joyous science III: hyperborean politics of European antinihilism
Epilogue: the Nietzschean renaissance.