Pooh and the Philosophers

New 2026 reissue edition of Pooh and the Philosophers by John Tyerman Williams, with a brand new cover design! Featuring iconic, original quotes from A.A.Milne and decorations by E.H.Shepard from their much-loved story collections: Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. Author, John Tyerman Williams, 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 shows 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 beautifully illustrated with a selection of E.H. Shepard`s iconic, original decorations.