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.