text: This book was excoriated in Joan Acocella's (a-koe-CHEH-lah's) New Yorker article about its "motive.
full_question: This book was excoriated in Joan Acocella's (a-koe-CHEH-lah's) New Yorker article about its "motive." The penultimate section of this book compares its subject to "stand[ing] naked in the wind and [melting] into the sun", and notes that "when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb". A ploughman, an astronomer, and a rich man inquire about work, time, and giving in three of the (*) twenty-six discourses on various topics, including the aforementioned "On Death", that make up this book. At the end of this book, the priestess Almitra follows the title character's ship departing from Orphalese until it crosses the horizon. For 10 points, name this collection of vague inspirational ramblings attributed to Almustafa and written by Lebanese author Khalil Gibran.
first_sentence: This book was excoriated in Joan Acocella's (a-koe-CHEH-lah's) New Yorker article about its "motive.
raw_answer: The Prophet 