Talk:Doctrine 11/@comment-97.120.52.228-20100918043041

This is a statement about our natural vulnerability, but also that we fear more than is necessary, and is therefore a statement about human nature. The prosaic recommendation here -- the "cure" for both reasonable and unreasonable fears, is the same -- study the natural world and learn what it is actually like. Therefore Epicurus is recommending reason and naturalism as an approach to the fears we have. He is also noting that our psychology can be "molested" equally by rational "alarm",unreasonable "misgivings" and myopic "neglect." He is recommending scientific observation as the best means to deal with these molestations. Wes Costello