The second contempt is when the soul is in emptiness, filled with eros. Here Gibran is talking about eros, not lust. Eros includes lust, material desires, and the body

The second contempt

When the soul is empty, it fills it with eros.

Here Gibran is talking about eros, not lust. Eros includes lust, materialism, and physical indulgence. Many people's love is a kind of hegemony and plunder. For example, they think that by possessing a woman's body, he is possessing a woman's soul, and when he possesses more body, he acquires the meaning of existence in this world. This is a typical manifestation of eros, in fact, you can't possess anything.

Wang Wei (Zhizhi) calligraphy