The Analects
Author: Confucius Format: Paperback Number of Pages: The Analects are a collection of Confucius' sayings brought together by his pupils shortly after his death in 497 BC. Together they express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius, one of the most humane thinkers of all time, believed everyone should live. Upholding the ideals of wisdom, self-knowledge, courage and love of oneÍs fellow man, he argued that the pursuit of virtue should be every individualÍs supreme goal. And, while...