The ProphetIndependently Published, 6 בינו׳ 2019 - 102 עמודים The prophet is Khalil Gibran's masterpiece of, one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century.Full of inspiration and wisdom, the book is about a prophet who leaves the town where he has lived for some time. Before leaving, the town asks him to talk about certain topics, each of which forms a chapter of the book. These themes are: love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and pain, houses, clothing, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, speaking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.The book invites us to reconsider the values, concepts, habits and customs of society, taking the reader towards a less individualistic idea and with a great sense of empathy with living beings, as well as the greater relevance of a spiritual layer underlying all the human actions. |