Pooh and the philosophers : in which it is shown that all of western philosophy is merely a preamble to Winnie-the-Pooh
Title:
Pooh and the philosophers : in which it is shown that all of western philosophy is merely a preamble to Winnie-the-Pooh
JLCTITLE245:
John Tyerman Williams ; [with illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard].
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Edition:
1st American ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Dutton Books, 1996.
Physical Description:
212 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9780525455202
Abstract:
In this splendidly preposterous volume, John Tyerman Williams sets out to prove beyond all reasonable doubt that the whole of Western philosophy - from the ancient Greeks to the existentialists of this century - may be found in the works of A.A. Milne. Williams shows how Pooh - referred to here as "the Great Bear"--Explains and illuminates the most profound ideas of the great thinkers, from Aristotle and Plato to Sartre and Camus.
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Contents:
What this book is about -- Pooh and ancient Greece -- Pooh and the seventeenth-century rationalists -- Pooh and the British empiricist tradition -- Later developments of the empiricist tradition -- Pooh and the German philosophers: Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche -- Pooh and existentialism -- Tailpiece (not Eeyore's).