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Il profeta.   Published in New York in 1923, "The prophet" is immediately admitted with great public fervor, especially among young people, who consider Gibran a master of wisdom. We can see that, although many years have passed since the opus was written, people's interest in it has no changed. "The prophet" is a collection of writings that deals with the fundamental problems of existence and for each topic provides a justification and an answer.    Anyone can enjoy comparing their opinion with the author's vision on topics such as love, marriage, children, work, home, law, freedom, reasoning and passion, the pain, the teaching, the friendship, the thinking and conversing, good and evil, the pleasure, the religion, the death.   Pubblicato a New York nel 1923, "Il profeta" è immediatamente accolto con grande fervore di pubblico, sopratutto presso i giovani, che vedono in Gibran un maestro di saggezza. Possiamo riscontrare che, anche se sono trascor...

La contraddizione tra poesia, genio economico, e simpatie politiche discutibili.   We are at the beginning of the twentieth century, in the years characterized by the Second World War, the Fascist regime, its fall and the postwar period. We are talking about a poet, but also a politician and economist, of American origins but who landed in Europe, living first in London, then in Paris and then for twenty years in Italy.   Siamo agli inizi del XX secolo, negli anni caratterizzati dalla seconda guerra mondiale, dal regime fascista, dalla sua caduta e dal dopoguerra. Parliamo di un poeta, ma anche politico ed economista, di origini americane ma che approdò in Europa, vivendo dapprima a Londra, poi a Parigi e poi per vent’anni in Italia.   I am aware of the unpopularity of the character to whom I have dedicated this article, and I already know that many of you dear readers will turn up their noses just reading his name in the title, due to his rather questionable hi...