A translation of the "Analects" of Confucius, this text aims to bring to life the scholar whose ideals became the official credo of the great empire of China. It reveals a man who lived by the ideals he advocated, and contextualizes his philosophy with the great thinkers of the Western tra...

A translation of the "Analects" of Confucius, this text aims to bring to life the scholar whose ideals became the official credo of the great empire of China. It reveals a man who lived by the ideals he advocated, and contextualizes his philosophy with the great thinkers of the Western tradition.