The Art of Happiness

looking to science for the answer, however, itseems that despite the universal agreementamong researchers about the importance ofintimacy, that seems to be where the agreementends. Perhaps the most striking feature of even acursory review of the various studies on intimacyis the wide diversity of definitions and theoriesabout exactly what intimacy is.At the most concrete end of the spectrum isthe author Desmond Morris, who writes aboutintimacy from the perspective of a zoologisttrained in ethology. In his book, IntimateBehavior, Morris defines intimacy: “To beintimate means to be close ... In my terms, the actof intimacy occurs whenever two individualscome into bodily contact.” After defining intimacyin terms of purely physical contact, he then goeson to explore the countless ways in which