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Books That Matter: The Analects of Confucius

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11 hours 59 minutes
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Intermediate

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

Syllabus

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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