Gibran [1887 – April 10, 1931] was a Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. He is chiefly known in the English speaking world for his 1923 book „The Prophet”, a series of philosophical essays written in English prose. An early example of Inspirational fiction, the book sold well despite a cool critical reception, and became extremely popular in the 1960s counterculture. Much of Gibran's writings deal with Christianity, especially on the topic of spiritual love. His poetry is notable for its use of formal language, as well as insights on topics of life using spiritual terms. „The Prophet” is of composed of twenty-six poetic essays. The book became especially popular during the 1960s with the American counterculture and New Age movements. Since it was first published in 1923, it has never been has never been out of print. Having been translated into more than forty languages, it was one of the bestselling books of the twentieth century in the United States. Gibran is the third… (tovább)
The Prophet 8 csillagozás
Eredeti megjelenés éve: 1923
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Várólistára tette 5
Kívánságlistára tette 3
Kiemelt értékelések
Flow élmény ("nembíromletenni" érzés): 5
Stílus (írói): 5
Ötlet (eredetiség): 5
Tartalom (mondanivaló): 5
Hitelesség (könyv világának átélhetősége): 5
Érzelmek (ábrázolása): 3
Izgalom: 5
Ez a csodálatos kötet teljesen magával ragadott. Kahlil Gibran remek író, nagyon megkedveltem a stílusát. Gibran filozófiája teljesen egyedi, megfogalmazása pedig még anygol nyelven is finoman-fűszeresen közel-keleti. A tartalom kidolgozott, a mondanivaló átjut az olvasóhoz. Hitelesség szempontjából meggyőző, az író által elénk tárt gondolatvilág jól átélhető. Gibran ugyanakkor nem helyezett különösebb hangsúlyt az érzelmek ábrázolására. A kötet egésze izgalmas, érdekfeszítő.
Nem volt rossz, mondott jókat, de nem éreztem semmi különlegesnek. Vannak azok a könyvek, amikre azt mondják az emberek, hogy telibe rakják le az olvasó elé a tanulságokat. Na, ez nekem ilyen volt.
Népszerű idézetek
And when you work with love you bind your self to yourself, and to one another, and to God.
And what is it to work with love?
It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, even as if your beloved were to wear that cloth.
It is to build a house with affection, even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house.
It is to sow seeds with tenderness and reap the harvest with joy, even as if your beloved were to eat the fruit.
It is to charge all things your fashion with a breath of your own spirit,
And to know that all the blessed dead are standing about you and watching.
On Work
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man’s hunger.
And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes, your grudge distills a poison in the wine.
And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man’s ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night.
On Work
Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgement wage war against your passion and your appetite. Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody.
But how shall I, unless you yourselves be also the peacemakers, nay, the lovers of all your elements?
On Reason and Passion (p. 45)
The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of space, but he cannot give you his understanding.
The musician may sing to you of the rhythm which is in all space, but he cannot give you the ear which arrests the rhythm, nor the voice that echoes it.
And he who is versed in the science of numbers can tell of the regions of weight and measure, but he cannot conduct you thither.
For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man.
On Teaching
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