We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety

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Mad Hatter is also a character in the Batman comics, and he is a villain who may be found particularly in the Arkham series. A slow sort of country!” said the Queen. “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”

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When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” It is the White Rabbit which Alice runs after and searches for endlessly in Wonderland, a symbol of her quest for knowledge. Just when things seem rather desperate the rabbit appears yet again, and Alice drives on through.

You may think that Alice in Wonderland is just a children’s tale you happen to take too seriously. Good news – the Alice in Wonderland books are not just a reason to host surreal tea parties and, indeed unbirthday parties. There is more philosophy, metaphor and spirituality in this revolutionary children’s book than you can fit into a teapot once you’ve taken out the dormouse and the treacle! I trust the gracious one will come in now and enter her bed,’ said Gertrud decidedly, who had never heard of Cheshire cats, and was sure that the mention of them indicated a brain in need of repose.” Well, in our country,” said Alice, still panting a little, “you’d generally get to somewhere else — if you ran very fast for a long time, as we’ve been doing.”

Alice in Wonderland Philosophy - what does it all mean?

The existence of Non-Being is probably one of the main reasons why the world of Alice was dismissed as one of absolute nonsense. Yet the existence of Non-Being is actually one of the oldest philosophical controversies of Western philosophy. It is clear that Carroll was influenced by his learnings of Greek philosophy at Christ Church. I don’t like the look of it at all,” said the King: “however, it may kiss my hand, if it likes.”—Chapter 8, The Queen’s Croquet-Ground You might just as well say,” added the March Hare, “that ‘I like what I get’ is the same thing as ‘I get what I like’!” And how do you know that you're mad? "To begin with," said the Cat, "a dog's not mad. You grant that?" I suppose so, said Alice. "Well then," the Cat went on, "you see a dog growls when it's angry, and wags it's tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad.” This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, “I–I hardly know, sir, just at present– at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.”Lewis Carroll also seemed to share the concept of a non-material realm with the philosopher Plato. Here are some examples of the importance Carroll gave to the existence of non-material things: The Mad Hatter , Dormouse , The March Hare : “Up above the world you fly, like a tea tray in the sky. Twinkle twinkle…” Alice considered. ‘The bone wouldn’t remain, of course, if I took it – and the dog wouldn’t remain; it would come to bite me – and I’m sure I shouldn’t remain!’ Besides, if you ever did eat some bad food, I could still find a use for you. I've always wanted a cat-drawn carriage."

Alice in Wonderland quotes - Alice-in-Wonderland.net

Plato believed that everything in existence in our world (which is often referred to as the world of experience), exists as an Idea or perfect form in another plain of existence. This belief seemed to be shared by Lewis Carroll also, most clearly in the infamous grin of the Cheshire Cat: Nonsense!” said Alice, very loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent.—Chapter 8, The Queen’s Croquet-GroundIf everybody minded their own business,” the Duchess said, in a hoarse growl, “the world would go round a deal faster than it does.”—Chapter 6, Pig and Pepper