Known for his evocative book The Prophet, Gibran\'s most original work delineates madness -- the existential angst of melancholy and misfortune that separates the individual from society, not a formal mental illness.
While the world classifies him as mad, he is the wise one..
Gibran contrasts the normal individual who conforms to society\'s class, role, law, and behavior, with one who sees through hypocrisy, semblance, power, and judges others as ignorant, deceived, or treacherous -- the madman.
Known for his evocative book The Prophet, Gibran\'s most original work delineates madness -- the existential angst of melancholy and misfortune that separates the individual from society, not a formal mental illness