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Grief: Philosophy, Meaning & the Work of Mourning
The philosophy of grief: what mourning is, whether grief is rational or moral, C. S. Lewis and Simone de Beauvoir on losing a loved one, and the meaning of loss.
Grief is what death leaves behind in the living. The philosophy of grief asks what mourning is, whether it is rational, what it reveals about love, and how the work of mourning can be understood and lived.
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