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Work InformationThe Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff (1982)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Always enjoyable to revisit this book by Benjamin Hoff, as well as its sequel The Te of Piglet. Using Winnie the Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood, Hoff clearly and gently demonstrates principals of Tao. ( ) This is a gross misinterpretation of Taoism. The author adds Stoic principles into Taoism (life's suffering is a constant learning experience you must bear) and that it's ok to be "simple-minded." For an example of this simple-mindedness, he quotes a part in Winnie the pooh book Pooh doesn't know his left from his right. They also use P'u, the uncarved block, to describe Pooh because he uses his intelligence, not to be clever (Rabbit) or appear wise (Owl) or to complain (Eeyore), but just to be simple. Um, I like Pooh because he's a huggable idiot. I wouldn't want to grow up to be like pooh. I'll admit, I only read the first 1/4 of the book, but this seems like an incredible waste of time. no reviews | add a review
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Winnie-the-Pooh has a certain Way about him, a way of doing things that has made him the world's most beloved bear. In The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff shows that Pooh's Way is amazingly consistent with the principles of living envisioned by the Chinese founders of Taoism. The author's explanation of Taoism through Pooh, and Pooh through Taoism, shows that this is not simply an ancient and remote philosophy but something you can use, here and now.And what is Taoism? It's really very simple. It calls for living without preconceived ideas about how life should be lived-but it's not a preconception of how life-it's.... Well, you'd do better to listen to this book, and listen to Pooh, if you really want to find out. No library descriptions found. |
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