Alice in Wonderland: illogical logic? (1 Viewer)

[Dr_Gorgeous]

At the moment, there is a 'debate' in our class about Alice in Wonderland and Lewis Carrolls order of thinking. Half argue that he was a brilliant problem solver and puzzle man, while the rest reckon he was seriously trippin. What do you think?

 

[moffat]

have u read any of his biographys? he was a top mathematician and also invented some important stuff.

 

[malkin86]

Can't he be both?

 

[Benny_]

Plenty of poets in particular went to narcotics for inspiration, Coleridge being the best known example. It might've happened in the case of Carroll, but there's no evidence to suggest that he was high while writing the Alice books from what I've read of him.

 

[Eslyssa]

Carroll was both a Mathematician, and a Reverend, fyi. There's also signficant reasons to believe that he was in some ways pedophiliac. Certainly he liked being around naked little girls.

However, there's no evidence that he was on any kind of mind altering substances when he wrote Alice.

 

[Grobus]

Its my opinion that he is a pedophile weirdo. He took a shitload of drugs too.

For the record the book is actually "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".

 

[kaylz]

quote lear. reason and impertinence mixed or something reason in madness? anyway, there's always some sort of logic to any application of the imagination.

 

[mrbassman]

This guy was the cause of one of the most boring math lectures i have ever sat through. The lecturer thought it was hilarious that the queen sent dodgson a letter saying she loved alice and wanted a copy of his next book. it turned out to be some math book on logic and how disappointed she must have been

 

[ebsha]

eh, theres a very fine line between insanity and genius. perhaps he was sitting on the line, swaying to and fro?

 

[camzilla]

my english told me he was very very high at the time or writing alice in wonderland. either way I don't care..it's my fav book ever!

 

[Meldrum]

Its my opinion that he is a pedophile weirdo. He took a shitload of drugs too.

For the record the book is actually "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".

Alot of the great Gothic/Victorian books have been written by these social fucktards. The author of Jeckyl/Hyde was another heavy opiate user. Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, is remembered to have bled into a vat of soup which was then served to her extended family. Lastly, another favourite of the board, William {Butler} Yeats repeteadly asked Maude Gonne (famous Irish revolutionary) to marry him...when she wouldn't agree...he went for her daughter .

 

[Emma-Jayde]

His use of logic and mathematics was absolutely brilliant. But yes, he probably was at least a little crazy...
But he wrote some fantastic riddles and problems