Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-313) and index.

Seeds of emancipation -- Severing the ties that bind -- The romantic solipsist -- A church of one -- "And Zarathustra saw that he was alone" -- Longing for the world -- The idol fallen and resurrected -- The prison -- The sense of reality -- How reality was lost -- The battle over reality -- On representation -- On love, beauty, and evil -- Art and experience -- The will to weakness -- Art and imagination -- Art and nature -- Submission, necessity, death -- Art and sacrifice -- Art and work -- The comedy of art -- The religion in art -- Art and love -- Postscript on art and religion.