I and Thou'The publication of Martin Buber's I and Thou was a great event in the religious life of the West.' Reinhold Niebuhr Martin Buber (1897-19) was a prolific and influential teacher and writer, who taught philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem from 1939 to 1951. Having studied philosophy and art at the universities of Vienna, Zurich and Berlin, he became an active Zionist and was closely involved in the revival of Hasidism. Recognised as a landmark of twentieth century intellectual history, I and Thou is Buber's masterpiece. In this book, his enormous learning and wisdom are distilled into a simple, but compelling vision. It proposes nothing less than a new form of the Deity for today, a new form of human being and of a good life. In so doing, it addresses all religious and social dimensions of the human personality. Translated by Ronald Gregor Smith> |
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able anew antinomy appears arbitrary self-will arises believes bound Buddha causality comes concern confronts continually cosmos decision destiny direct relation element enter into relation eternal Thou everything exclusiveness exists experience experienced face fate feelings freedom fulfilled given glance God's Goethe happens human I-Thou relationship inborn Thou incubus individual instinct knowledge language leads longer look man's Martin Buber means meeting movement mutual action mystery mystical object Paul Tillich person Philosophical Anthropology possession power to enter Prajapati prayer primal primary word I-It primary word I-Thou Psychiatry pure relation realisation reality realm relational event religions response revelation Ronald Gregor Smith say Thou self-differentiation separated shibboleth situation solidarity of connexion solitude soul speak speech sphere spirit spoken streams structure Subjectivism sum of qualities takes his stand theophany things thinking thought true truth turning unconditioned unity universe Upanishad whole wish world of relation world of Thou