Why do we mourn those we have never known?

Why do we get emotional over lost objects?

Why do we grieve at all?

From Leo Cookman, the author of Time's Lie: The Narrativisation of Life, Plato's Remedy 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.