| Table of Contents |
| | Introduction to the Second Edition | |
| 1 | Being and Courage | 1 |
| | | Courage and Fortitude: From Plato to Thomas Aquinas | 2 |
| | | Courage and Wisdom: The Stoics | 9 |
| | | Courage and Self-affirmation: Spinoza | 18 |
| | | Courage and Life: Nietzsche | 24 |
| 2 | Being, Nonbeing, and Anxiety | 32 |
| | | An Ontology of Anxiety | 32 |
| | | Types of Anxiety | 40 |
| | | Periods of Anxiety | 57 |
| 3 | Pathological Anxiety, Vitality, and Courage | 64 |
| | | The Nature of Pathological Anxiety | 64 |
| | | Anxiety, Religion, and Medicine | 70 |
| | | Vitality and Courage | 78 |
| 4 | Courage and Participation (The Courage to Be as a Part) | 86 |
| | | Being, Individualization, and Participation | 86 |
| | | Collectivist and Semicollectivist Manifestations of the Courage to Be as a Part | 90 |
| | | Neocollectivist Manifestations of the Courage to Be as a Part | 96 |
| | | The Courage to Be as a Part in Democratic Conformism | 103 |
| 5 | Courage and Individualization (The Courage to Be as Oneself) | 113 |
| | | The Rise of Modern Individualism and the Courage to Be as Oneself | 113 |
| | | The Romantic and Naturalistic Forms of the Courage to Be as Oneself | 116 |
| | | Existentialist Forms of the Courage to Be as Oneself | 123 |
| | | Existentialism Today and the Courage of Despair | 139 |
| 6 | Courage and Transcendence (The Courage to Accept Acceptance) | 155 |
| | | The Power of Being as Source of the Courage to Be | 156 |
| | | The Courage to Be as the Key to Being-itself | 178 |
| | Index | 191 |
