Brett

But I don’t see that behind the state of affairs in politics. In fact here in Australia Prime Ministers can lose their position as a result of poor po...

Is it your position that God exists and gave us free will, or that it’s part of our evolutionary development?

Why do we chose to ignore our morals when we are moral creatures? I’ll have to think about it.

Yes you’re right, but only because things were not done by consensus. Obviously I would have to prove that and it would take more effort than I feel l...

That’s just me being diplomatic instead of asserting things as if I know everything. I don’t believe it’s our default stance. It’s that we are capable...

There’s certainly a lot of behaviour by soldiers in wartime that would not happen without the restrictions they normally lived under being removed.

I find it difficult to imagine any society that would not have some form of policing, even if it came in the form of myths and stories passed on down ...

History suggests that people can behave in the most extreme way given the circumstances. And if they aren’t the ones committing the crime then they’re...

Can you give us some examples of these other societies?

2nd, final stanza : Why must it always end this way? Always the same ending, same style or format, nothing new. It feels like there’s no other way. A ...

I think this qualifies as part of the definition: “ Whatever is not natural.” From unenlightened.” Natural elements may be used but the result is cont...

Maybe your right about that.

Well I have gone through a bit of a change of heart in these conversations, or tied things down a bit better anyway.

No go ahead. It’s mostly yours anyway.

Let’s see what happens to it.

You would not believe how many ideas and thoughts I have fit into this.

I never thought I would say some of these things. Humans have a concept of art. Art is humanities expression of itself. Art gives us insight into the ...

Okay. Well you deserve credit for getting it down to a statement. I’ll think about it.

Is this paraphrasing correct? Art is humanities expression of itself. Art gives us insight into the artist,

So is this your definition?

I think that is basically that we all have a personally constructed definition of what we like. That doesn’t mean much at all.

Forties Flick Stanza 1: The shadows of the Venetian blind on the painted wall, Shadows of the snake-plant and cacti, the plaster animals, Bright light...

I don’t believe you can get it down to a definition. How long should a definition be, a sentence, a paragraph, as essay? I prefer the long dialogue th...

Me or Arne?

That sounds like simplifying to me. Remove what’s not working or complicating things. Keep only what you need.

Do you think this is a skill. Because aren’t you essentially overriding the chemical negativity and purposely applying positive actions, that you know...

Yes, you’re correct. But it has not been my intention to find a definition.

Then begin.

Sorry, I didn’t see your last two paras when I replied. Or did you add them?

I agree that it does seem that you cannot chose happiness. But I do know from experience that you can turn a negative frame of mind around and feel” h...

It’s not my OP. Like I said, what are you doing here? Edit: by the way we’re not looking for a definition, you introduced that idea.

These things taken from this OP are ideas I would support. As Bartrick said, “Humans have a concept of art.” Only man makes art. Intention. Not all hu...

Look at the title of the OP. That’s the subject.

What is happiness anyway, is it real or just some chemical reaction? That’s a bit like a meditative state, isn’t it?

Congratulations. That is a beginning. Of course everyone reflects, I assume, but not everyone takes it further.

I think it might be a choice.

What is art?

Why are you here?

You never answered this.

You just don’t like talking about it.

What you indicate is a total lack of interest in art. Fine, but why bother posting here?

You asked if there was anyone that fitted the description of a leader that we knew of. I'm suggesting Churchill and Roosevelt fit that discription dur...

I don’t think they fit the definition of leader. If you rule through fear then you’re hardly leading. I think leader is still the right word to go by.

Do you think that Churchill was a leader during the war? Or Roosevelt?

Maybe what we need to consider is people who are used to dealing in power, who come from a cultural background where power is something they’ve learne...

You can’t define what a car is. If you defined a car as anything but a car, then it wouldn’t be a car. The definition of a car was defined before you ...

Nice work, again.

What’s your point?

Why is that?

But everyone can walk, it comes naturally to everyone, unless they gave a disability. Not everyone can create art. Unless you think they can, and then...