The Prophet
Almustafa, the chosen and beloved, prepares to depart from Orphalese after 12 years. As he waits for his ship, the people gather and ask him to speak his truth. In 26 discourses — on love, marriage, children, work, joy and sorrow, and more — he delivers his timeless wisdom before sailing home.
“Work is love made visible.”
On Work — Chapter VII
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28 Chapters
IThe Coming of the Ship
IIOn Love
IIIOn Marriage
IVOn Children
VOn Giving
VIOn Eating and Drinking
VIIOn Work
VIIIOn Joy and Sorrow
IXOn Houses
XOn Clothes
XIOn Buying and Selling
XIIOn Crime and Punishment
XIIIOn Laws
XIVOn Freedom
XVOn Reason and Passion
XVIOn Pain
XVIIOn Self-Knowledge
XVIIIOn Teaching
XIXOn Friendship
XXOn Talking
XXIOn Time
XXIIOn Good and Evil
XXIIIOn Prayer
XXIVOn Pleasure
XXVOn Beauty
XXVIOn Religion
XXVIIOn Death
XXVIIIThe Farewell
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