Forbidden Knowledge. From Prometheus to Pornography

The far side of curiosity; Milton in the Garden of Eden; Faust and Frankenstein; The pleasures of abstinence: Mme de Lafayette and Emily Dickinson; Guilt, justice, and empathy in Melville and Camus; Takins stock; Knowledge exploding: science and technology; The divine Marquis; The Sphinx and the Unicorn; Six categories of Forbidden knowledge; The occult; "The Sphinx" by Francis Bacon