the unknown is a source of fear more than hope and to be sure, that is fear guided by the preservation instinct.
The darkness is not terrifying in itself, but it is the mind left open to the unknown (possibility with defenselessness) that terrifies us. as soon as danger becomes clear, a considerable part of the fear disappears. The terrifying makes capable the sublime.
Homer:
There lie the land and the city of the people of Chimer.
Constantly they grope in the night and fog, and ne'er
Does the God of the shining sun show them a beam of
light;
Instead, these wretched people lie enveloped by terrifying night.
odyssey (eleventh song)
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