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Seneca Suggests That We Do Not Grieve or Mourn for Our

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Seneca suggests that we do not grieve or mourn for our own sakes but in order to "prove" our grief or "parade" it before others. Is that a plausible explanation for what motivates us to grieve? If not, what is a more plausible explanation of why we grieve?


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