Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves
- & each other They have inspired debate dissent war & revolution They have enlightened outraged provoked & comforted They have enriched lives
- & destroyed them Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals & visionaries whose ideas shook civilization & helped make us who we are Perhaps the most widely read thinker of all time Confucius transformed Chinese philosophy with his belief that the greatest goal in life was pursuit of ' The Way' a search for virtue not as a means to rewards in this world or the next but as the pinnacle of human existence