CHAPTER II.

FEAR 207

Fear the conservative instinct under its defensive

form—Physiology—Psychology—First stage: Instinctive

fear—Hypothesis of heredity—Second stage: Fear founded on

experience—Pathology—Morbid or pathological fears—Two

periods in their study—Attempts at classification—How are

they derived from normal fear? Two groups, connected

respectively with fear and disgust—Inquiry into the

immediate causes: events in life of which a recollection

has been retained; of which no recollection has been

retained—Occasional transformation of a vague state into a

precise form.

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