ONE: The crisis of freedom. The present crisis of freedom -- One man's passage -- The dynamics of freedom -- The paradoxes of freedom -- On human destiny -- Destiny and death -- -- TWO: Mistaken paths to freedom. The new narcissism -- Is sex without intimacy freedom? -- -- THREE: Characteristics of freedom. The significance of the pause -- The dizziness of freedom -- Freedom and destiny in illness and health -- -- FOUR: The fruits of freedom. The renewal of life -- Despair and joy