"Why can't love ever touch my heart like fear does?" -- " Bluer than Midnight ," The The on their album Dusk (1993) This is from my favorite philosopher these days, Lars Svendsen , from his book A Philosophy of Fear : The secure person lives in a reliable world — the word secure means "untroubled by feelings of fear, doubt or vulnerablity" — while the insecure person lives in a world that at any time can turn against him, where the basis of existence at any time can be pulled out from under his feet. Dangers threaten us everywhere: in dark streets, …with strangers and with those closest to us, in nature as well as in technology, inside our bodies as well as in external forces. There no longer seems to be anything that is really secure. In fear we are met by something outside ourselves, and what we meet is a negation of what we want. We fear the important things in life being destroyed or taken away from us, such as our freedom, dignity, h...
The fearless blog about homelessness that serves the city and county of Sacramento, CA. Written by Tom Armstrong