{"id":19192,"date":"2013-07-12T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T18:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=19192"},"modified":"2015-08-10T13:28:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T17:28:17","slug":"july-12-2013-kahlil-gibrans-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/07\/12\/july-12-2013-kahlil-gibrans-legacy\/19192\/","title":{"rendered":" Kahlil Gibran&#8217;s Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He is one of the best-selling poets of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism. Gibran&#8217;s book &#8220;The Prophet,&#8221; first published in 1923, has sold over 100 million copies and has been translated into over 40 languages. &#8220;He helped present an appealing mystical idea of the wisdom of the East. He was someone who helped humanize and popularize Eastern thought,&#8221; says literary critic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/books\/98\/12\/13\/reviews\/981213.13schillt.html\">Liesl Schillinger<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best-selling poet &#8220;helped present an appealing mystical idea of the wisdom of the East. 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