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The Astronomer by Kahlil Gibran.
Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, published "The Madman, His Parables and Poems" in 1918.
It is a collection of Parables and poems in which Gibran taunts and ridicules ignorance, outdated ideas and inherited traditions. Gibran made his hero a madman in order to evade logic, so no one can blame a madman, or as Gibran said, "Madness is the first step towards impartiality".
In this way he seeks to build another world, more humane, more beautiful and more just - even if it were by illusion alone.
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In the shadow of the temple my friend and I saw a blind man sitting
alone.
And my friend said,
"Behold the wisest man of our land."
Then I left my friend and approached the blind man and greeted him.
And we conversed.
After a while I said, "Forgive my question; but since when has thou
been blind?"
"From my birth," he answered.
Said I, "And what path of wisdom followest thou?"
Said he, "I am an astronomer."
Then he placed his hand upon his breast saying, "I watch all these
suns and moons and stars."
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Read by David Wales
https://librivox.org/the-madman-the-forerunner-by-kahlil-gibran/
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