The Book Of Dead Philosophers (critchley, Simon) / quote 10 of 18

No cure for the deaths of those we love

Highly tempting as it is, the obvious problem with this position is that it fails to provide a cure for the aspect of death that is hardest to endure: not our own death, but the deaths of those we love.

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