Pooh and the Philosophers

Author| John Tyerman Williams
Publisher| Dutton Books

Publication date

| 1995

Pooh and the Philosophers is a 1995 book by John Tyerman Williams, purporting to show how all of Western philosophy from the last 3,000 years was a long preparation for Winnie the Pooh.[1] It was published in 1995 by Dutton in the United States and by Methuen in the United Kingdom, using A. A. Milne's fictional bear Winnie-the-Pooh, and is intended to be both humorous and intellectual.

## Contents

* 1 Authorship and content
* 2 Related works
* 3 See also
* 4 Notes
* 5 External links

## Authorship and content

J. T. Williams explains a number of philosophical theories using many different Milne quotation, such as René Descartes's "I think therefore I am," and distills them down to a very simple level. Williams is a retired schoolteacher who lives in Trethevy, Cornwall.

## Related works

* Pooh and the Magicians (originally Pooh and the Ancient Mysteries)
* Pooh and the Psychologists

## See also

* The Tao of Pooh
* The Te of Piglet

## Notes

1. ↑ Mark Kingwell (1 January 1999). Marginalia: A Cultural Reader. Penguin Books. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-14-028699-1. https://archive.org/details/marginaliacultur0000king/page/207.

## External links

* John Tyerman Williams

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