αʹ Ὅτι ἀκατάληπτον τὸ θεῖον καὶ ὅτι οὐ δεῖ ζητεῖν
[Book III] Περὶ τῆς θείας οἰκονομίας καὶ περὶ τῆς δι' ἡμᾶς κηδεμονίας καὶ τῆς ἡμῶν σωτηρίας
Chapter XV.—Concerning Fear.
Fear is divided into six varieties: viz., shrinking420 ὄκνος, dread., shame, disgrace, consternation, panic, anxiety421 ἀγωνία.. Shrinking422 Nemesius and certain manuscripts give these species of fear in a different order, viz., dread, consternation, panic, anxiety, shame, disgrace. is fear of some act about to take place. Shame is fear arising from the anticipation of blame: and this is the highest form of the affection. Disgrace is fear springing from some base act already done, and even for this form there is some hope of salvation. Consternation is fear originating in some huge product of the imagination. Panic is fear caused by some unusual product of the imagination. Anxiety is fear of failure, that is, of misfortune: for when we fear that our efforts will not meet with success, we suffer anxiety.
Περὶ φόβου
Διαιρεῖται δὲ καὶ ὁ φόβος εἰς ἕξ: εἰς ὄκνον, εἰς αἰδῶ, εἰς αἰσχύνην, εἰς κατάπληξιν, εἰς ἔκπληξιν, εἰς ἀγωνίαν. Ὄκνος μὲν οὖν ἐστι φόβος μελλούσης ἐνεργείας. Αἰδὼς δὲ φόβος ἐπὶ προσδοκίᾳ ψόγου: κάλλιστον δὲ τοῦτο τὸ πάθος. Αἰσχύνη δὲ φόβος ἐπὶ αἰσχρῷ πεπραγμένῳ: οὐδὲ τοῦτο δὲ ἀνέλπιστον εἰς σωτηρίαν. Κατάπληξις δὲ φόβος ἐκ μεγάλης φαντασίας. Ἔκπληξις δὲ φόβος ἐξ ἀσυνήθους φαντασίας. Ἀγωνία δὲ φόβος διαπτώσεως ἤγουν ἀποτυχίας: φοβούμενοι γὰρ ἀποτυχεῖν τῆς πράξεως ἀγωνιῶμεν.