Plato's Remedy - Cookman, Leo
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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,…mehr

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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.
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Author of 'Time's Lie: The Narrativisation of Life', a book of theory/Philosophy published by Zero Books, 2020. Former writer and researcher for the Wisecrack YouTube channel. Feature writer for Philosophy Now magazine, Hong Kong Review of Books, Everyday Analysis and more. Poetry published in Penguin's Poetry of Sex anthology, Zero Books' Other People's Politics, Puppywolf's Best of Manchester Poets, Ladybeard, Lucky Pierre, The Adriatic, Zeno Press, All Ears and more. Published on Medium in Human Parts, Wisecrack, CARRE4, FanFare, The Startup, An Injustice and UX Collective. Now rededicated to writing fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry.