“The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran
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“And a poet said, “Speak to us of Beauty.”
Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide?
And how shall you speak of her except she be the weaver of your speech?” (Chapter 25)
This passage if from a hugely popular book which was authored by Kahlil Gibran, a renowned philosopher/artist/writer, in 1923. The book is essentially a collection of 26 poems which revolve around a prophet, Almustafa. The protagonist embarked on a journey of self-discovery, and the book starts just as he prepares to bark the ship that will take him back home. Just that moment, he’s stopped by the population, who asks him to share his wisdom on a number of issues (26 in total, including love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, 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). A book worth reading, especially if you’re up for some heavy existencialyric reflections.
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