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What Chinese philosophers can teach us about dealing with our own grief

  • Written by Alexus McLeod, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Asian/Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut
imageConfucius sculpture, Nanjing, China.Kevinsmithnyc, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

November 2 is All Souls’ Day, when many Christians honor the dead. As much as we all know about the inevitability of death, we are often unable to deal with the loss of a loved one.

Our modern-day worldview could also make us believe that loss is something we...

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