Wings of Thought by Gibran, Kahlil -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Dedication Contents Preface Table of abbreviations of titles CHAPTER ONE: A Short History of Lebanon Under the Ottoman Conquest

Footnotes

CHAPTER TWO: Life of Kahlil Gibran

Footnotes

CHAPTER THREE: The Contribution of the Writer

1. The Meaning of Gibran’s Publications 2. Gibran’s Innovation in Modern Arabic Literature 3. The Foreign Influences

Friedrich Nietzsche The Bible Buddhism William Blake

Footnotes

CHAPTER FOUR: Gibran’s Philosophy of Aesthetics

1. The Essence of Poetry

Truth, the goal of poetry Inspiration, the mode of poetic thinking The function of the poet The fate of the poet in society

2. The Essence of Art

Gibran’s art The manifoldness of beauty

Footnotes

CHAPTER FIVE: Gibran’s Philosophy of Law and Society

1.Humanistic Social Contract

The zeitgeist of modern society Nature versus artificiality Spiritual awakening, a remedy Historical implications

2.Gibran on the Issue of Law

Scepticism towards man-made law Absurdity of the laws’ sanctions Man-made laws and the plea of uniqueness Natural laws versus manmade laws

3.Parables on Authority Footnotes

CHAPTER SIX: Love the Quintessence of Human Existence

1.Eros

Critics of the prevailing misconceptions Gibran’s sexual life

2.Agape

Love, the essence of existence Love is disinterestedness Love knows no time and no space Love is stronger than death Love commands universality Love, hate, forgiveness Love gives delicious pain Love develops genuine bonds of intersubjectivity Love guarantees freedom Love and the plea of uniqueness Conclusion

Footnotes

CHAPTER SEVEN: Gibran’s Philosophy of Religion

1.Critics of Organized Religion

Simony Despotism Machiavellianism Spiritual distortion Intrinsic versus extrinsic religion

2.Nature of Authentic Religion

Home est naturaliter animal religiosum Is there such a thing as an absolute God? Faith Immanence of God Transcendence of God and God’s relation to man Death and immortality Reincarnation

3.Some Comments on Jesus the Son of Man Footnotes

CHAPTER EIGHT: Evaluation of Gibranism

1. Weaknesses in Gibran 2. Relevancy of Gibranism

Bibliography of and on Gibran Index Copyright Page