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Analects

noun
1.
A collection of excerpts from a literary work.  Synonym: analecta.





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"Analects" Quotes from Famous Books



... of which we shall now return. Courage was scarcely deemed worthy to be counted among virtues, unless it was exercised in the cause of Righteousness. In his "Analects" Confucius defines Courage by explaining, as is often his wont, what its negative is. "Perceiving what is right," he says, "and doing it not, argues lack of courage." Put this epigram into a positive statement, and ...
— Bushido, the Soul of Japan • Inazo Nitobe


Words linked to "Analects" :   excerption, excerpt, extract, selection


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