The Madman · My Soul Counseled Me
Kahlil Gibran
Gibran's reflection on love challenges the conventional view that love is a possession of the lover. Instead, it is a transformative force that belongs to the beloved, expanding beyond individual relationships to connect all beings. This counters the early 20th-century tendency to view love as an exchange or transaction, tethered by mutual obligations. Gibran envisions love as boundless and inclusive, dissolving the barriers that society demands we uphold.