Foreword Translator's Acknowledgments Introduction § 1 Attempt to Introduce the Concept of Negative Certainties into Philosophy I The Undefinable, or the Face of Man § 2 "What Is Man?" § 3 "Ipse mihi magna quaestio " § 4 What It Costs to Know (Oneself) § 5 Proscription § 6 The Fund of Incomprehensibility § 7 The Indefinite and the Unstable II The Impossible, or What Is Proper to God § 8 The Impossible Phenomenon § 9 The Irreducible § 10 Possibility without Conditions § 11 The (Im)possible: From Contradiction to Event § 12 The (Im)possible from My Point of View § 13 The (Im)possible from God's Point of View III The Unconditioned, or the Strength of the Gift § 14 The Contradictions of the Gift § 15 The Terms of Exchange § 16 Reducing the Gift to Givenness § 17 Without the Principle of Identity § 18 Without the Principle of Sufficient Reason IV The Unconditioned and the Variations of the Gift § 19 Sacrifice According to the Terms of Exchange § 20 Regiving, Beginning from the Recipient § 21 The Confirmation of Abraham § 22 Forgiveness According to the Terms of Exchange § 23 Regiving, Beginning from the Giver § 24 The Return of the Prodigal Son V The Unforeseeable, or the Event § 25 What the Object Excludes § 26 The Condition of the Object § 27 Concerning the Distinction of Phenomena into Objects and Events § 28 Without Cause § 29 The Original Unknown § 30 The Double Interpretation Conclusion § 31 In Praise of the Paradox Bibliographical Note Notes Index.