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Title: Pooh and the Philosophers : In Which It Is Shown That All of Western Philosophy Is Merely a Preamble to Winnie-The-Pooh by John Tyerman Williams, Ernest H. Shepard ISBN: 0-525-45520-5 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Western Philosophy is so un-Pooh-ish
Comment: If there was a ZERO star rating, I would have given it here. I became interested in this book after reading and thoroughly enjoying the "Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff. Unfortunately, I quickly found out that this is the wrong book and for good reasons. First of all I found it extremely boring and often difficult to follow. This deficiency however is merely the symptom of a much deeper problem inherent in the attempt to use Pooh out of all creatures to illustrate Western philosophy. Pooh is the epitome of an easygoing fellow, someone who doesn't take himself too seriously, and who lives each day for itself. This is almost the exact opposite of what Western philosophy has been attempting to achieve. In general, Western philosophers have taken themselves far too seriously, emphasizing logic and deduction over everything else, and were never really easygoing. It is no surprise, given this inherent contradiction, that "Pooh & the Philosophers" ended up such a disaster. I really don't know what on earth Williams was thinking in using Pooh to illustrate Western philosophy! Instead I recommend Benjamin Hoff's great duo "The Tao of Pooh" and its sequel "The Te of Piglet". This book, "Pooh and The Philosophers" is not worth anything and a waste of time.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good concept -- but the joke gets old
Comment: This book was the primary text in a university workshop I just took on "Philosophy in Children's Literature." Being a big fan of Benjamin Hoff's "The Tao of Pooh," I approached the book with great hopes. Williams' tongue-in-cheek conceit is that the Bear of Little Brain is, in fact, the greatest philosopher that ever lived. All of western philosophy before Pooh was mere preamble and the twentieth-century existentialists were familiar with an heavily influenced by the "Great Bear."
I felt that Williams was more interested in being clever than in whatever other goal he had in mind. He presents the philosophical concepts too briefly and dismissively to be of much value. Worse, it seems he spends more space extolling the brilliant Pooh that really discussing how the (sometimes stretched past the breaking point) passages from A. A. Milne's stories relate to philosophies. Like any one-joke movie or TV series, it just got repetitive and annoying after awhile.
Rating: 5
Summary: Clever and fun
Comment: This book is funny. The author has a great sense of humour in making his arguement. I found it enjoyable even though there are philosophers that he obviously enjoyed writing about more. As a bonus, it serves as a great indroductory "philosophy for dummies" sort of book for a beginner to the subject like me.
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Title: The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff ISBN: 0140067477 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1983 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Pooh and the Psychologists: In Which It Is Proven That Pooh Bear Is a Brilliant Psychotherapist by John Tyerman Williams, Ernest H. Shepard ISBN: 0525465421 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: 19 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Te of Piglet by Benjamin Hoff ISBN: 0140230165 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Winnie-The-Pooh on Success: In Which You, Pooh and Friends Learn About the Most Important Subject of All by Roger E. Allen, Stephen D. Allen, A. A. Winnie-The-Pooh Milne ISBN: 0525942939 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Postmodern Pooh by Frederick Crews ISBN: 0865476543 Publisher: North Point Press Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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