The Prophet

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Kahlil Gibran s masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time Published in 1923, it has been translated into than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold than nine million copies The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational Gibran s musings are divided into twenty eight chapters covering such sprawling topics as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death. New Download [ The Prophet ] by [ Kahlil Gibran ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Now that I m reading The Prophet again, words that I read twenty seven years ago still ring clearly in my mind as I read them again today It was a wonderful moment a few evenings ago to find myself reciting aloud and from memory passages that had struck me then and now to the very core Kahlil Gibran spent a couple of years revising The Prophet Since it is a short book, the concepts come across as distilled The influences of his native Lebanon as well as his love for scripture, come through Now that I m reading The Prophet again, words that I read twenty seven years ago still ring clearly in my mind as I read them again today It was a wonderful moment a few evenings ago to find myself reciting aloud and from memory passages that had struck me then and now to the very core Kahlil Gibran spent a coup... The Prophet made me feel profoundly spiritual when I was nineteen It was a great way to experience spirituality and romance as a teenager, but as I got older, its lusty descriptions of the true meaning of love, marriage, and life just seem like pretty, but shallow, wordplay.Now, don t write to me and prove me wrong on this, because I like the idea very much I believe that Khalil Gibran was quite the player The Prophet has a seductive tone that avoids making any concrete statements, which is t The Prophet made me feel profoundly spiritual when I was nineteen It was a great way to experience spirituality and romance as a teenager, but as I got older, its lu...Despite your religious views, be they absent or strong, Gibran has given us a work of beauty that proves, to me at least, that faith is not necessary to be good and right.A favorite quote from the book Fill each other..., be like Bill , , ,, , , be like Bill , , ,, ,,Kahlil Gibran was one of the leading Maronite philosophers of the first half of the twentieth century Born in Lebanon in 1883, his poetry accompanied by artwork has been translated into over twenty languages I decided to read his opus The Prophet, which is awe inspiring poetry written in novella form A classic that often surfaces on goodreads classics groups, The Prophet is a worthy edition to one s classics collection Gibran s philosopher Al Mustafa has traveled by boat to visit the Orphale Kahlil Gibran was one of the leading Maronite philosophers of the first half of the twentieth century Born in Lebanon in 1883, his poetry accompanied by artwork has been translated into over twenty languages I decided to read his opus The Prophet, which is awe inspiring poetry written in novella form A classic that often surfaces on goodreads classics groups, The Prophet is a worthy edition to one s classics collection Gibran s philosopher Al Mustafa has traveled by boat to visit the Orphalese people and speak words of wisdom to them Almitra becomes especially enad in Al Mustafa s teachings and either hangs onto or collaborates with him in his words as he wows the Orphalese with both his wisdom and knowledge Gibran s words translated into English are like reading any r...The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran 2001 1372 171 1373 149 1378 The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran 2001 1372 171 1373 149 1378 105 9643342522 1378 1379 1380 1382 1385 1386 9789646176348 1392 120 9789643342524 .01 02 ,,, ,, I don t know if I can write this review I really don t It makes me feel extremely vulnerable, to contemplate putting so much of my heart out on view for people on the internet to see I also don t know if I have the words.Reading this book was both devastating and awe inspiring I was moved beyond words, particularly when I started reading it, started to let the words wash over me, when I real...

The Prophet
  • English
  • 11 December 2017
  • Paperback
  • 127 pages
  • 000100039X
  • Kahlil Gibran
  • The Prophet