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The Prophet

Chapter 1: THE PROPHET
By Kahlil Gibran
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A revered teacher prepares to leave the city that has been his home and, at the citizens' request, delivers a series of concise, lyrical meditations before embarking. He addresses love, marriage, children, work, joy and sorrow, freedom, religion, and death, offering aphoristic guidance and metaphysical images. The work is organized as short poetic essays spoken to the community, combining mystic intuition with practical ethical counsel. Throughout, language leans toward metaphor and paradox, urging self-knowledge, compassion, and acceptance of life's opposites.

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Title: The Prophet

Author: Kahlil Gibran

Release date: January 1, 2019 [eBook #58585]
Most recently updated: March 13, 2025

Language: English

Credits: David Widger

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THE PROPHET

By Kahlil Gibran




New York: Alfred A. Knopf

1923

Copyright 1923 by Kahlil Gibran
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages or reproduce not more than three illustrations in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper.

Published September 1923

The Twelve Illustrations In This Volume Are Reproduced From Original Drawings By The Author

“His power came from some great reservoir of spiritual life else it could not have been so universal and so potent, but the majesty and beauty of the language with which he clothed it were all his own?”

—Claude Bragdon

THE BOOKS OF KAHLIL GIBRAN

The Madman. 1918 Twenty Drawings. 1919 The Forerunner. 1920 The Prophet. 1923 Sand and Foam. 1926 Jesus the Son of Man. 1928 The Forth Gods. 1931 The Wanderer. 1932 The Garden of the Prophet 1933 Prose Poems. 1934 Nymphs of the Valley. 1948

CONTENTS

The Coming of the Ship
On Love
On Marriage
On Children
On Giving
On Eating and Drinking
On Work
On Joy and Sorrow
On Houses
On Clothes
On Buying and Selling
On Crime and Punishment
On Laws
On Freedom
On Reason and Passion
On Pain
On Self-Knowledge
On Teaching
On Friendship
On Talking
On Time
On Good and Evil
On Prayer
On Pleasure
On Beauty
On Religion
On Death
The Farewell