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The Analects

Door Confucius

Categorie
Filosofie
Boeknummer
#348802-VD31
Titel
The Analects
Auteur
Confucius
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London : Penguin Books
Jaar van uitgave
1979
ISBN10
0140443487
ISBN13
9780140443486
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, 8vo. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by D.C. Lau.
Samenvatting
The Analects express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which the author, one of the most humane thinkers, believed everyone should live. Upholding the ideals of wisdom, self-knowledge, courage and love of one's fellow man, this title argues that the pursuit of virtue should be every individual's supreme goal.

'The Master said, "If a man sets his heart on benevolence, he will be free from evil"'

The Analects are a collection of Confucius's 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 believed everyone should live. Upholding the ideals of wisdom, self-knowledge, courage and love of one's fellow man, he argued that the pursuit of virtue should be every individual's supreme goal
... (Lees verder). And, while following the Way, or the truth, might not result in immediate or material gain, Confucius showed that it could nevertheless bring its own powerful and lasting spiritual rewards.
Pagina's
249
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 5,00

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