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  1. 5. The Good Death

    5/5Hospice movement pioneer, Cicely Saunders puts consolation at the heart of her life's work

  2. 4. The Body's Wisdom: Michel de Montaigne's Last Essays

    4/5In 16th-century France words are not enough and consolation is found in bodily pleasures.

  3. 3. The Painting of Time

    3/5Meditations on consolation turn to El Greco's 16th century depiction of Paradise.

  4. 2. Cicero's Tears

    2/5What is Cicero to do when tragedy strikes and his philosophy of stoicism fails to console?

  5. 1. The Voice in the Whirlwind

    1/5The first of five profound and inspirational essays on the language of consolation.