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.