What, precisely, is "inspiration"?

[patrice]

What is your concrete definition of "inspiration"?

What notable recent examples do we have of pResidents who were inspirational?

[zabet]

1. IMHO

it is a cataclysmic entity that
induces one to take action and
make changes.

[patrice]

2. Can you describe the phenomena a person experiences when they are inspired.

That would be "the most common denominator" that characterizes inspiration in most circumstances in terms of the persons being inspired . . . . ?

[zabet]

6. I honestly think that

is unique to each individual.

[patrice]

10. The biology is unique?

Every experience is essentially biological. Inspiration is biological. Are you saying the biological events that we refer to as "inspiration" are unique to each and every individual who experiences them? How, therefore, can all of those uniques experiences be call the same thing, inspiration? If there are no commonalities why are all of them inspiration?

[zabet]

14. There are probably some

commonalities but, some what like
the thought process (a biological
action). If 100 people are given
a problem, the ones that solve that
problem will not all use the same
thought and reasoning to reach their
result.

[rodeodance]

3. glitter

[thevoiceofreason]

4. Inspiration is

The catalyst that awakens a sense of purpose within me and which fuels that sense of purpose with the energy necessary for action.

[bemildred]

5. How you feel after a good dump.

All pResidents are by definition suit-droids, else they would have never got there. The worship and deification of politicians is not appropriate in a so-called democratic society.

[killbotfactory]

7. You know that feeling you get inside whenever Bush speaks?

Inspiration is the opposite of that.

[The Straight Story]

8. perspiration without all the effort

:)

[Cleita]

9. For me it's when you experience an epiphany (a moment

when all puzzling problems seem to come together with a solution). The last President to do that for me was John Kennedy who seemed to embody the hope we had for the future. It was no accident that his era was called "Camelot".

[readmoreoften]

11. Literally, it means filling someone with spirit or breath or...air.

[lonestarnot]

12. A totally large crap. And why would they matter?

[Crabby Appleton]

13. The opposite of expiration nt

[scarletwoman]

15. Reagan: "Morning in America" (nt)