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Happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, disgust and anger. I have to admit, I have seen all these emotions on the faces of nonhuman primates, and some other mammals as well. Can you name another emotion? Or ten more? And do they break down to just this six??

What I thought of:
Jealousy. Is anger and fear and sadness.
Ecstasy. Is happiness and surprise.
Boredom. Is disgust and sadness. Or not an emotion, but rather a state of disinterest, a lack of focus or flow.
Confusion. Is not an emotion? Is a cognitive state of uncomprehending.

Maybe?

Date: 2013-08-08 03:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liveonearth.livejournal.com
Hope. What is hope? It does seem distinctive....a state of optimistic wishing. Closely related to happiness/sadness.

Date: 2013-08-08 03:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madman101.livejournal.com
Its the essence of being itself.

Date: 2013-08-08 03:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liveonearth.livejournal.com
I have to think about that. It is quite possible to be hopeless, and if that is true, then your statement makes no sense. On the other hand, I get the deeper gist of what you mean----to be is to be hopeful, at least on some level. To be is to want to keep being. Usually. I have a pretty good view from the depressive state of mind and that's where hope = being falls apart.

Date: 2013-08-08 04:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madman101.livejournal.com
The sky remains although it be dark.

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