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...Kahlil Gibran...
...idea of work-work as an ethic, an abstraction-arrived rather late in the history of toil. Whatever edifying and pietistic things may have been said about work over the centuries (Kahlil Gibran called work "love made visible," and the Benedictines say, "To work is to pray"), humankind has always tried to avoid it whenever possible. The philosophical swells of ancient Greece thought work was degrading; they kept an underclass to see to the laundry and other details of basic social maintenance. That prejudice against work persisted down the centuries in other aristocracies. It is supposed, however, to be inherently...
...stuff of enduring debate, and even when his case is exaggerated, Hook never fails to stimulate or enlighten. He is less successful when he praises. John Dewey's writings are described in dust-jacket prose: "chock-full of fruitful insights" and at times he can sound like Kahlil Gibran: "Democracy is like love in this: It cannot be brought to life in others by command." It is fortunate for author and reader that benignity is a minor component of this collection. The central theses of Philosophy and Public Policy prove that throughout a career of combat, Sidney Hook...
...higher than they were several years ago. Says the manager of Los Angeles Tuxedo Center: "There is definitely a return to the '30s look ?chic, elegant tuxedos." In Chicago, I. Magnin's bridal-wear sales are up 70% over last year. After the era of write-it-yourself Kahlil Gibran barefoot weddings, the large traditional marriage ritual and reception are returning...
...Willie is a roughneck with a poet's soul. When his dander isn't up he is courteous and softspoken, with some of the grave self-possession of the country man. His favorite reading is Kahlil Gibran and Edgar Cayce. Sitting around hotel rooms, he muses often on the theory of reincarnation and on karma as a sort of Newton's Third Law of the spirit ("Whatever goes around, comes around"). Willie is "irresistible to women," says a female member of his entourage, "because he's so sensitive along with being so masculine-like Shane." Willie...