| ### QUESTION 41 ### OF FEAR, IN ITSELF ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider, in the first place, fear; and, secondly, daring. With regard to fear, four things must be considered: (1) Fear, in itself; (2) Its object; (3) Its cause; (4) Its effect. Under the first head there are four points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether fear is a passion of the soul? #### (2) Whether fear is a special passion? #### (3) Whether there is a natural fear? #### (4) Of the species of fear. ####  |