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Pooh and the Philosophers : In Which It Is Shown That All of Western Philosophy Is Merely a Preamble to Winnie-The-Pooh

John Tyerman Williams, Ernest H. Shepard

Hardcover (Dutton Books, Aug. 1, 1996)

Discusses the idea that the ideas of all the great philosophers of the West, such as Aristotle, Plato, and Camus, can be found in the tales of Pooh, demonstrating that their philosophies can be seen throughout the varied collection of Pooh tales.

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Pooh and the Philosophers

John Tyerman Williams, Ernest H. Shepard

Paperback (Egmont Childrens Books, April 28, 1997)

This work sets out to prove that the whole of of Western philosophy, from the cosmologists to the existentialists, may be found in the pages of "Winnie-the-Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner". It shows how the "Great Bear" explains the most profound ideas of great thinkers such as Plato and Kant.

Pooh and the philosophers

John Tyerman Williams

Hardcover (Methuen, Aug. 16, 1995)

This author sets out to prove that the whole of western philosophy, from the cosmologists of Ancient Greece to the existentialists of the twentieth century may be found in the pages of "Winnie-the-Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner". He attempts to show how the "Great Bear" explains and often illuminates the most profound ideas of the greatest thinkers of history, from Plato, Hume and Kant to Nietzsche, Heidegger and Sartre. The book is illustrated with a selection of E.H. Shepard's original drawings.