Arts

Gibran Khalil Gibran, a Lebanese poet, painter, essayist novelist and philosopher, was and remains the best author and philosopher, his poetry and books has been translated into more than twenty languages. His drawings and paintings have been exhibited in the great capitals of the world. His love for his country Lebanon suggested him to write his famous phrase: "If Lebanon were not my homeland, I would make Lebanon my homeland."

However, the best work of all time was "The Prophet" which made him a famous philosopher. In his book The Prophet, Gibran Khalil Gibran tries to encourage the reader to change his way of life based mainly on living it in a balanced way with respect to divinity and inner peace. For Gibran, the obstacles and vicissitudes of the world are only tests that allow man to evolve and advance along the path towards purification, thus showing us that the world will be better when men are able to come together and live together.

Few books possess at the same time a depth, a freshness and a poetry comparable to that of The Prophet, by Khalil Gibran. The poet, the philosopher, gives his readers the opportunity to find themselves through these simple and truthful words. "The Prophet" reveals to us a message that constitutes a reflection on the world and life: Love, Marriage, Children, Giving, Eating and Drinking, Work, Joy and Sadness, Houses, Clothes, Crime and Punishment, Laws, Freedom, Reason and Passion, Pain, Good and Evil, Self-knowledge, Teaching, Friendship, buying and selling, Speaking, Death. His themes, of universal human interest, appear as testimonies that free the spirit from the sensations of emptiness and lack of vital meaning.

They are authentic treasures that the prophet has found in his silences and that envelop us with the enthusiasm of discovering our own values. " The Prophet " gives all men, in accordance with the laws of God, impulses to reflect and respond to the events and anomalies that take place in this world. He also speaks about his task and thus about himself.

"The Prophet" is a book worth reading not once, but several times, for its valuable content, its teachings, and its reflections on life.