The only thing we are naturally afraid of is pain, or loss of pleasure. And because these are not annexed to any shape, colour, or size of visible objects, we are frighted of none of them, till either we have felt pain from them, or have notions put into us that they will do us harm.
John Locke (2017). “Delphi Complete Works of John Locke (Illustrated)”, p.1518, Delphi Classics