The Analects of Confucius Condition:Like New with its incisive and rigorous

with its incisive and rigorous analysis

One motive

Written in the form of a fable

humane”—New ScientistSteven Pinker is a best-selling author and Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for cognitive Neuroscience at MIT

The Analects of Confucius Condition:Like New with its incisive and rigorous"This is the Confucius translation for our time."Jonathan Mirsky, The Times [London] In this terse, brilliant translation, Simon Leys restores the human dimension to Confucius. He emerges a full blooded character with a passion for politics and a devotion to the ideals of a civilization he saw in decline. Leys's notes draw Confucius into conversation with the great thinkers of the Western tradition. In all, this volume provides new readers the perfect