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[bluecatears]

At what point is a person alone? Is it when they are by themselves, or just when there is no one within 20 miles that they feel they can rely on?

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[pandoradeloeste]

I'd say that the first is "alone" and the second is "lonely". (They're separate states - alone is more of a physical lack of people, and lonely is more feeling a lack of emotional connection to anyone nearby.)

[bluecatears]

its not the definition I'm looking for. More, the way Socrates wanted to find virtue, I want to discover what it is to be alone. Almost metaphysicly.

[carad_elmare]

from my experience, alone is being an overweight, nerdy, 13 year old girl in a private school as a new kid in a state away from any friends.

That's the most alone I've achieved, but in the negative sense. I enjoy being without people given the chance, nothing against the people (like when I have the house to myself! ^^)