Recognition of precariousness can evoke both horror and calm.
Evidence
I stop looking, but not to look is still worse, for then I think of what will at once happen to me when the last cord breaks. I feel that I am losing in my terror the last remnant of my strength, and that my back is gradually sinking lower and lower. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 219
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 219
- XREF: connects to: A person can simultaneously feel mortal fear and detached, buoyant calm — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 436; Acknowledging discomfort around death can provide solace. — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 14; Fear under bombardment can transform into a strangely pleasurable, childlike terror — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 420 (+6 more)
Library Connections
- A person can simultaneously feel mortal fear and detached, buoyant calm
#corroborates(0.95) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 436 - Fear under bombardment can transform into a strangely pleasurable, childlike terror
#exemplifies(0.85) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 420
Broader Connections
- Extreme bodily shock can produce relief resembling closure rather than terror
#exemplifies(0.80) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 482 - Acknowledging discomfort around death can provide solace.
#expands(0.70) — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 14 - Sustained terror normalizes precaution until fear becomes habit
#expands(0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1583