Fear is not really the negative pole of a duality. This is because fear itself is not an archetypal concept. Fear is an ego-customized, unconscious reaction or sensitivity to being in a certain proximity to non-integrated (one's unconscious, since a person is 'all things'), threatening information (i.e. intelligent energy).
One can think of several so-called 'opposites' to 'fear':
1) 'Love' - because where there is love or 'logos', there is acceptance or ownership.
'Fear' has an opposite in the form of 'love'. Ultimately it is not possible to have fear if there is acceptance. However, here it is typically not possible to immediately understand and to accept something that causes fear. Some kind of investigative work is needed first to bring light to the foreign concept that invoked the fear. (i.e. consciousness = light, unconscious = dark)
2) 'Hope' - because hope is desiring or cherishing
'Fear' has an opposite in the form of 'hope'. It's actually not possible to learn with either of those unconscious energies present. If, however, one can replace fear or hope with curiosity, then the learning will eventually allow ownership or integration of the hope-filled or fear-filled concept.
3) 'Courage' - because it implies an effective resistance to fear
This is a type of willed response to fear that may suspend the unconscious reaction, allowing the ego to learn or to perform some other fear-stifling task. I think courage is an act of offering a perspective which basically temporarily displaces fear's emotional charge. Of course, the fear will continue, again and again requiring 'courage' unless and until the object of the fear finds a place in understanding - to put it on our world-view 'map'.
4) 'Knowledge' - because fear is of the unconscious
It could be said that fear is simply lack of knowledge, since knowledge allows one to integrate a previously misunderstood and therefore potentially threatening concept in an acceptable manner.
One can think of several so-called 'opposites' to 'fear':
1) 'Love' - because where there is love or 'logos', there is acceptance or ownership.
'Fear' has an opposite in the form of 'love'. Ultimately it is not possible to have fear if there is acceptance. However, here it is typically not possible to immediately understand and to accept something that causes fear. Some kind of investigative work is needed first to bring light to the foreign concept that invoked the fear. (i.e. consciousness = light, unconscious = dark)
2) 'Hope' - because hope is desiring or cherishing
'Fear' has an opposite in the form of 'hope'. It's actually not possible to learn with either of those unconscious energies present. If, however, one can replace fear or hope with curiosity, then the learning will eventually allow ownership or integration of the hope-filled or fear-filled concept.
3) 'Courage' - because it implies an effective resistance to fear
This is a type of willed response to fear that may suspend the unconscious reaction, allowing the ego to learn or to perform some other fear-stifling task. I think courage is an act of offering a perspective which basically temporarily displaces fear's emotional charge. Of course, the fear will continue, again and again requiring 'courage' unless and until the object of the fear finds a place in understanding - to put it on our world-view 'map'.
4) 'Knowledge' - because fear is of the unconscious
It could be said that fear is simply lack of knowledge, since knowledge allows one to integrate a previously misunderstood and therefore potentially threatening concept in an acceptable manner.