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L'arte di conoscere se stessi: Massime spirituali

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«Se desideri vedere le valli, sali sulla cima della montagna; se vuoi vedere la cima della montagna, sollevati fin sopra la nuvola; ma se cerchi di capire la nuvola, chiudi gli occhi e pensa.»
Massime spirituali non è solo un’ampia raccolta di aforismi, ma include anche, in una affascinante ibridazione, alcuni brevi scritti di argomento filosofico, etico e politico. Nelle folgoranti riflessioni dell’autore sulla vita, la morte, la religione, espresse con densità e immediatezza, si riconosce la medesima ispirazione del capolavoro di Gibran, Il Profeta. Un ponte ideale tra la cultura occidentale e la spiritualità orientale, volto al superamento di tutte le differenze concettuali, ideologiche e storiche: è qui la chiave di lettura di tutta l’opera di Gibran.

128 pages, Hardcover

Published September 4, 2014

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Kahlil Gibran

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Kahlil Gibran (Arabic: جبران خليل جبران ) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer.
Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of Ottoman Mount Lebanon), as a young man he emigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career. In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero.
He is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose. The book sold well despite a cool critical reception, gaining popularity in the 1930s and again, especially in the 1960s counterculture.
Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu.

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January 13, 2011
Il classico libro di filosofia spicciola e un po' furbetta.
Le massime spirituali di Gibran mostrano un mondo privo di ogni conflitto, assolutamente utopico, irrangiungibile, solo che a differenza della Fantascienza, qui si cerca di essere "moralemente superiori" al lettore.
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May 17, 2015
Tante piccole (e vere) perle di saggezza.
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October 16, 2023
'Il segreto del canto risiede tra la vibrazione della voce di chi canta e il battito del cuore di chi ascolta'
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