Approaches to the Oriental ClassicsWilliam Theodore De Bary Columbia University Press, 1959 - 262 pages |
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Page 143
... Analects is unquestion- ably a great book . Furthermore , the study of the Analects can provide an excellent introduction to Chinese thought and civilization and deserves to be read and pondered by all who wish to reach some ...
... Analects is unquestion- ably a great book . Furthermore , the study of the Analects can provide an excellent introduction to Chinese thought and civilization and deserves to be read and pondered by all who wish to reach some ...
Page 144
... Analects is to be achieved , to go beyond an examination of the work itself to some consideration of Confucius ' life and the social and political context in which he lived , and in this respect the teaching of the Analects will differ ...
... Analects is to be achieved , to go beyond an examination of the work itself to some consideration of Confucius ' life and the social and political context in which he lived , and in this respect the teaching of the Analects will differ ...
Page 146
... Analects these questions and others like them are raised in terms appropriate to ancient China , but their significance is scarcely limited to that time and place . When a man is seen in his historical context there is always a tendency ...
... Analects these questions and others like them are raised in terms appropriate to ancient China , but their significance is scarcely limited to that time and place . When a man is seen in his historical context there is always a tendency ...
Contents
Opening Remarks by Jacques Barzun THE TEACHING OF | 3 |
Great BooksEast and West by Mark Van Doren | 7 |
Education in a Multicultural World by Thomas Berry 24 On Exploiting the Greek Analogy by Moses Hadas | 24 |
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