Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; 1 Introduction; 1.1 A Lexical Introduction to the Concept of Fear; 1.2 The Conceptual Analysis of Fear; 1.3 The Philosophical Therapy of Fear; 1.4 Aims and Methodological Challenges; 1.5 A Summary of the Chapters; References; 2 The Epicurean Concept of Fear and the Road to Ataraxia; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Historical Context of Hellenistic Philosophical Schools; 2.3 The Epicurean Concept of Fear; 2.4 The Role of Fear and Safety in Epicurean Ethics; 2.4.1 The Principal Causes of Fear; 2.4.2 Don't Fear God

2.4.3 Don't Worry About Death2.4.4 What Is Good Is Easy to Get; 2.4.5 What Is Terrible Is Easy to Endure; 2.5 Epicurean Ethics and the Road to Ataraxia; 2.5.1 Living Unnoticed; 2.5.2 Living Safely; 2.5.3 The Benefits of Friendship; 2.5.4 The Benefits of Qualified Knowledge; 2.6 The Epicurean Therapy of Fear; 2.7 Conclusion; References; 3 Roman Fears: Cicero's and Seneca's Remedies; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Fear in Roman Times; 3.3 Distress, Fear and Anxiety in Cicero's Tusculan Disputations; 3.3.1 The Nosology of Distress, Fear and Anxiety in the Tusculans

3.3.2 "Let Us Therefore Look to See What Remedies Philosophy Has to Offer for the Sicknesses of the Mind" (Tusculans 4.58)3.3.3 Cicero's Therapy for Distress and Fear; 3.4 Fear in Seneca's Letters; 3.4.1 Biographical Notes and Life Context; 3.4.2 The Letters on Ethics; 3.4.3 The Concept of Fear in Seneca's Letters; 3.4.4 The Therapy of Fear in the Letters; 3.4.4.1 Seneca's Concept of Fear During His Epicurean Phase; 3.4.4.2 Seneca's Therapy in Action: Letter 24 "Courage in a Threatening Situation"; 3.4.5 Seneca's Treatment for Fear of Death; 3.5 Conclusion; References

4 Montaigne's Essays: A Humanistic Approach to Fear4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Essays as a Narrative of Fears; 4.3 Montaigne's Collection of Fears; 4.4 The Maddening Thoughts of Fear and the Power of Imagination; 4.5 Fearing Doctors; 4.6 Fear, Fortune and Foresight; 4.7 "Our Main Enemies Are Held to Be Death, Poverty and Pain"; 4.7.1 Poverty; 4.7.2 Pain; 4.7.3 Death; 4.8 Montaigne's Therapy of Fear; 4.8.1 Premeditation; 4.8.2 Acceptance; 4.8.3 Living in the Present; 4.8.4 The Force of Habits; 4.8.5 Self-Examination; 4.9 Dying Without Fear; 4.10 Conclusion; References

5 Thomas Hobbes and Fear: The Political Use of a Human Emotion5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Hobbes: A Story of an Anxious Life; 5.3 Leviathan; 5.4 The State of Nature: From Individual to Social Fears; 5.4.1 Criticism of Hobbes's State of Nature; 5.5 The Rights of Nature; 5.6 The Laws of Nature; 5.7 Hobbes's Concept of Human Emotions; 5.7.1 Hobbes's Concept of Fear; 5.7.2 Fear in the State of Nature and Fear Under the Leviathan; 5.8 Prometheus: The Negative Consequence of Challenging the Sovereign; 5.9 The Fears of Job; 5.10 Civil Versus Religious Fears; 5.11 Conclusion: Hobbes's Therapy of Fear