Here is the link for the online copy of The Prophet
The link for all Kahlil Gibrans other written stuff online here
I've only just discovered that Kahlil Gibrans works are all posted online. Cool! I never got round to buying his books, but have always meant to get round to reading The Prophet. Now I can! Online! Anyway, these are pretty standard books of spiritual wisdom as far as I know, so it's quite nice to know you don't have to buy a copy. They are always displayed prominently in Watkins Books. Now I will dip into them as I meander round the web.
Gibran died in New York City on April 10, 1931: the cause was determined to be cirrhosis of the liver.
He may very well have been a raving alky as it happens, but it wouldn't be the first time great teachers have had this illness. The presence of alcoholism in a teacher does not undermine their material for me, any more than I would disregard a teacher because they had cancer. As far as I am concerned alcoholism is just a disease, and does not interfere with other skills and abilities in a person. Except when they become too ill to render their skill, in which case it does interfere! So what I mean is that his written work still is of value regardless of his alcoholism.
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