I have read Confucius's "The Analects" several times by now, and I noticed that I often could have come to the same conclusions as Confucius did in the text, when I was studying "The Analects" for personal reasons.
For example, he said some rather self-evident things like, "To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous."
I found that after reading through the text very carefully, I found that the things Confucius said often sounded like things I might say if I were asked the same questions.
So, I'm wondering this: What do you think of the text? If you have (or are knowledgeable in) AS, does Confucius sound like he had the condition?