The Prophet

The Prophet   autor: Khalil Gibran

The Prophet is a book of 26 poetic essays written in English in 1923 by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Khalil Gibran. In the book, the prophet Almustafa, who has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years, is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses many issues of life and the human condition. The book is divided into chapters dealing many aspects of human life and nature. One of Gibran's best known works, he followed it with "The Garden of The Prophet", and was due to produce a third part when he died. — Excerpted from The Prophet on Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia.

1. The Coming of the Ship
2. Love
3. Marriage
4. Children
5. Giving
6. Eating and Drinking
7. Work
8. Joy and Sorrow
9. Houses
10. Clothes
11. Buying and Selling
12. Crime and Punishment
13. Laws
14. Freedom
15. Reason and Passion
16. Pain
17. Self-Knowledge
18. Teaching
19. Friendship
20. Talking
21. Time
22. Good and Evil
23. Prayer
24. Pleasure
25. Beauty
26. Religion
27. Death
28. The Farewell

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