Before I read this book, I have heard of a long list of famous historical figures being dyslexic. Let me name a few: Albert Einstein, Tom Cruise, Agatha Christie, Leonardo da Vinci, Lee Kuan Yew, ...
On page 57 of the above mentioned book, the author claimed that the below were epileptics:-
Charles Dickens
Julius Caesar
Napoleon Bonaparte
Leonardo da Vinci
Agatha Christie
Lewis Carrol
Harriet Tubman
Joan of Arc
Vincent van Gogh
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Edgar Allan Poe
Paganini
Alexander the Great (page 36)
In the book an old man called Ryter claimed that many great humans had been epileptic. It was as if the brain compensated by increasing intelligence and ambition.
Even the most intelligent person uses less than 10% of his or her brain. If the fact that being an epileptic spurs a person into developing his or her brain more, there lies the root of his or her future greatness. Interesting!
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