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From Object to Life: An Extraordinary Journey Through Austistic Worlds

David Duncan

What would it be like to live in a world of autism or Asperger's syndrome? To have a mind that follows rules literally and without understanding? From Object to Life opens the door into the remarkable world of a blindness that perceives other humans as closer to objects than to living souls. Yet Asperger's is a syndrome that was shared by the likes of Einstein, Lewis Carroll, and Mozart. The great teachers Jesus, Buddha, and Rumi all pointed to an essential blindness in humanity at large the blindness of all those who lack eyes to see. Humanity's essential path is the struggle to surmount this failure to transcend. Via the thoughts of great souls whose lives were dominated by this curious condition, author David Duncan leads us through a succession of remarkable creative, unfiltered, and raw autistic worlds."

Book Details

  • Publisher: Pari Publishing (USA)
  • Publish Date: Oct 25th, 2010
  • Pages: 292
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.35in - 5.38in - 0.61in - 0.74lb
  • EAN: 9788895604084
  • Categories: Spirituality

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About the Author

In 2004 David discovered that he had a form of high-functioning autism called Asperger's syndrome, that many autistics are attracted to colors, flickering lights and explanations, and that they find it painful to look in other's eyes. He discovered that Wittgenstein, Einstein, Weil, Bohm, Marcel and at least some of the early Gnostics probably had Asperger's, and that to a surprising extent, this fact explained the nature of their writings. David noticed that the parents of autistic children describe their children in exactly the same way that ancient religious figures described their disciples--as being asleep--as lacking eyes to see--as blind rule followers--seeing others only as objects--as blind to life. David Duncan is a philosopher who for thirty years has been fascinated by the way in which an unusual group of scientists, philosophers, and religious figures thought. These same joyous, obsessive instincts are explored in From Object to Life. In fact, it was instinct that inspired David to present the ideas in this book as a collection of remarks.

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