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Books That Matter: The Analects of Confucius

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Overview

Join a renowned educator on an adventurous exploration of one of the world's most important philosophical texts.

Syllabus

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  • 01: The Hidden Teaching Dynamic of the Analects
  • 02: The Analects: A Bird's-Eye View
  • 03: The Man We Call Confucius
  • 04: How the Analects Is Organized
  • 05: The Provenance of the Analects
  • 06: The Analects in Miniature
  • 07: Learning to Read the Analects
  • 08: Confucius's Students: Zai Wo and Yan Hui
  • 09: Confucius's Students: Zilu and Zigong
  • 10: Confucius on the Purpose of Learning
  • 11: Filial Devotion in the Analects
  • 12: Confucius on the Value of Remonstrance
  • 13: The Exemplary Person in the Analects
  • 14: Confucius's Ideal: Consummate Conduct
  • 15: Confucius on Cultivating the Social Self
  • 16: Ritual Conduct in the Analects
  • 17: Confucius on Embodied Ritual and Music
  • 18: The Analects on Effective Rule
  • 19: Mencius: The Next Confucian Sage
  • 20: Confucius's Daoist and Legalist Critics
  • 21: State Confucianism and Buddhism
  • 22: Sima Guang and the Confucian Revival
  • 23: Neo-Confucianism and the Political Order
  • 24: Confucius's Comeback in a Global World

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Robert Andre LaFleur

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