Pooh and the Philosophers

About “Pooh and the Philosophers”

John Tyerman Williams writes a book that explores the connections between Winnie-the-Pooh and Western philosophy. He argues that philosophical ideas from ancient Greece to existentialism can be found in the stories of Pooh and the House at Pooh Corner. Williams draws on Nietzsche's doctrine of Great Recurrence and examines Pooh's search for the Woozle, as well as the Empirical test of a pot of honey. The book suggests that Pooh is a Bear of Enormous Brain.