The Tao of Pooh

Paperback, 158 pagine

lingua English

Pubblicato il 06 Gennaio 1983 da Penguin Books.

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The how of Pooh? The Tao of who? The Tao of Pooh!...in whidh it is revealed that one of the world's great Taoist masters isn't Chinese...or a venerable philosopher...but is in fact none other than that effortlessly calm, still, reflective bear, A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh! --back cover

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It made me understand some concepts better, like p'u, the uncarved block, but some passages really grated on me, like the one on science and cleverness. I get what the author is saying: it's a criticism of seeking knowledge for the sake of knowledge, of using complicated words as a form of gatekeeping, of focusing on the study of the tree while missing the forest around it etc. But in the era of COVID and climate change, I have very little patience for "what do scientists even know anyway?"

And there are way more nuanced and better written critiques of productivity culture than the chapter about Bisy Backson.

Argomenti

  • Milne, A. A. 1882-1956 -- Characters -- Winnie the Pooh
  • Milne, A. A. 1882-1956 -- Religion
  • Children -- Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
  • Children's stories, English -- History and criticism
  • Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character)
  • Teddy bears in literature
  • Taoism in literature
  • Taoism