analects
Gathered written excerpts
Analects are a collection of excerpts or passages from literary works, especially gathered sayings or teachings.
The word appears most often in reference to Confucius: I studied the Analects in my philosophy course.
The term is bookish and rarely encountered outside academic contexts. (Capitalized Analects typically refers to the teachings of Confucius.)
compilation
Gathered works assembled together
- excerptsSelected passages from texts
- passagesSegments or thoroughfares
- fragmentsIncomplete broken pieces
sayings · quotations · aphorisms · maxims · teachings · dialogues · texts · classics · manuscripts · volumes
- compilationscompilation, anthologies, compendium, essay collections, omnibus
- mixturesmix, mixture, blend, blending, amalgam
completeness/wholeness
analectscomplete works
Entire literary output
magnum opus · collected works · oeuvre · opus · unabridged edition
collect, collection, select, collected, collector, anthology