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Prophet

by Kahlil Gibran
Prophet

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ISBN13: 9780394404288
ISBN10: 0394404289
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Kahlil Gibrans masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold more than nine million copies.

The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Gibrans 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.

Each essay reveals deep insights into the impulses of the human heart and mind. The Chicago Post said of The Prophet: “Cadenced and vibrant with feeling, the words of Kahlil Gibran bring to ones ears the majestic rhythm of Ecclesiastes . . . If there is a man or woman who can read this book without a quiet acceptance of a great mans philosophy and a singing in the heart as of music born within, that man or woman is indeed dead to life and truth.”

With twelve full-page drawings by Gibran, this beautiful work makes an incredible gift for anyone seeking enlightenment and inspiration.

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A brilliant man's philosophy on love, marriage, joy and sorrow, time, friendship and much more. Originally published in 1923 - translated into more than 20 languages. With 12 full page drawings by Gibran.

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Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time--a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages.

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.

Each essay reveals deep insights into the impulses of the human heart and mind. The Chicago Post said of The Prophet "Cadenced and vibrant with feeling, the words of Kahlil Gibran bring to one's ears the majestic rhythm of Ecclesiastes . . . If there is a man or woman who can read this book without a quiet acceptance of a great man's philosophy and a singing in the heart as of music born within, that man or woman is indeed dead to life and truth."

With twelve full-page drawings by Gibran, this beautiful work makes an incredible gift for anyone seeking enlightenment and inspiration.

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A keepsake edition of the spiritual classic to treasure.

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laurenmaybe , August 31, 2012
My Dad gave this book to me when I was 16, and since then it has been a constant source of wisdom for me in all aspects of life. I'm constantly surprised that each time I open this book and pick a page to read, it seems just as fresh and relevant as the first time I read it. Gibran's insights are complex at times, but when deconstructed to an easier form, it is clear they are timeless and can apply to any person, regardless of religious or cultural background. This is the major triumph of his writing. His poetry is rivaled by the gorgeous illustrations that accompany each piece, but nothing rivals the messages presented in this book.

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“The Prophet” is Almustafa, called “the chosen and the beloved,” who has lived twelve yearsin the foreign city of Orphalese, and is now waiting for the ship that is to come and take him back to the isle of his birth. Just as the ship appears, all the men and women of the community, including the elders of the city and the priests and priestesses, come to say farewell. They ask him to stay, but he refuses. Then the local seeress named Almitra addresses him as “Prophet of God” and asks him to speak to them of love and then marriage. After this, others ask him to speak of various subjects, some lofty such as children, giving, and joy and sorrow, and others more mundane, such as eating and drinking, work, houses, and buying and selling. There are in fact a total of 26 short chapters in which “the Prophet” holds forth before he takes his leave. Kahlil Gibran was born Gubran Khalil Gibran to a Maronite Catholic family in the historic town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon, then part of the Ottoman Empire. His mother Kamila was the daughter of a priest. When his father was imprisoned for embezzlement, Kamila decided to follow her brother to the United States, settling in the South End of Boston, MA, then the second largest Lebanese-American community in the United States. Due to a clerical mistake at school, he was registered as Kahlil. As a young man Gibran studied art and began a literary career. His first book for the Alfred A. Knopf publishing company, was The Madman in 1918, a slim volume of aphorisms and parables written in a Biblical-like cadence somewhere between poetry and prose. The Prophet is said to be an early example of “inspirational fiction” consisting of a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose. The book became especially popular during the 1960s with the American counterculture and New Age movements and continued popular among some of the baby-boomers of the 1970s. Much of Gibran’s writings seems based on Christianity, but his mysticism reveals a convergence of several other influences as well, including Islam, Sufism, Hinduism, and theosophy. To illustrate the synthetic, relativistic nature of Gibran’s theology, “the Prophet” says, “Say not, ‘I have found the truth,’ but rather, ‘I have found a truth.’” Of course, Jesus said, “You shall know THE truth” (John 8:32), and, “I am the way, THE truth, and the life” (John 14:6). Gibran followed The Prophet with The Garden of The Prophet, which narrates Almustafa’s discussions with nine disciples following his return after an intervening absence and was published posthumously in 1933. Gibran had died in New York City, NY, on April 10, 1931; the cause was determined to be cirrhosis of the liver and tuberculosis. I would never have gone out and purchased this book myself. However, I have heard of it all my life. It is supposed to be a classic and a “spiritual masterpiece,” so when I found it in my father’s library after his death, I decided to keep it and read it, thinking that there might be something useful in it. My reaction is, “Ugh.” As far as I am concerned, it is mostly pantheistic nonsense. Someone might say, “It’s all Greek to me,” but since I took two years of Greek in college, if it were “all Greek” I might be able to make some sense of it. However, I can make no sense of this book, so I’ll just say it’s all gobblety-gook to me. The Chicago Post said that The Prophet “brings to one’s ears the majestic rhythm of Ecclesiastes.” Ecclesiastes I can understand; The Prophet I do not! This doesn’t mean that there’s nothing good in it. The ravings of a lunatic sometimes contain a kernel of truth. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. However, there is nothing of value that might be gained from The Prophet which can’t be learned a whole lot better by simply reading the Bible. Besides, ten of the twelve full-page drawings by the author are rather immodest and consist solely of nude figures. Of course, this is not surprising when you read what “the Prophet” says about clothes. “Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful. And though you seek in garments the freedom of privacy you may find in them a harness and a chain. Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your skin and less of your raiment.” Oh, by the way, even as simply “poetry” it just doesn’t do anything for me. It is not a book that I would recommend to anyone under any circumstances.

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greengills , November 21, 2010 (view all comments by greengills)
There are few books written that so effortlessly describe the truths of life, and The Prophet is one of them. This book should be at the core of every families value system. You should read it to your children while they are still in the womb. You should read it to your grandfather as he takes his last breaths. You don't need to be a prophet to rejoice in the power you have as a human being, and this book proves that.

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grandmalaura , November 30, 2006
The book is divided into short chapters that remark on life. What Kahlil Gibran says about our children is bitter sweet. "You house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow and you can't go there, not even in your dreams. This book is a keeper and worth the price!

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smahmed , August 20, 2006
yes you can get from this book how to live naicely how to keep peace in the world

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780394404288
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication date:
09/12/1923
Publisher:
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
Pages:
128
Height:
.57IN
Width:
5.76IN
Thickness:
.50
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Copyright Year:
1972
Series Volume:
308
UPC Code:
2800394404280
Author:
Kahlil Gibran
Subject:
Meditations
Subject:
Mysticism -- Poetry.
Subject:
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Subject:
Poetry-A to Z
Subject:
Prose poems, American

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