Plato's Remedy

<p>Why do we mourn those we have never known?</p><p>Why do we get emotional over lost objects?</p><p>Why do we grieve at all?</p><p> </p><p>From Leo Cookman the author of <em>Time's Lie: The Narrativisation of Life</em> <em>Plato's Remedy</em> is a philosophical exploration into the causes the purpose and responses to grief in the modern day. With the current global crises forcing us all to grieve in a variety of ways over a variety of things a better understanding of and method for navigating the process of grieving is warranted. This book seeks to be a timely intervention at a period of global mourning that uses science art literature and anecdotal experience to help define a philosophy of grief for a 'Post- Covid' society.</p>