Literary and Philosophical Quotes -- Philosophers -- Martin Buber
Quotes by Martin Buber 4
Martin Buber, 1878-1965. Martin Buber was an Austrian-born Judaic scholar and philosopher whose influential I and Thou posits a direct personal dialogue between God and the individual.
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.
Through the Thou a person becomes I.
For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it.
On the far side of the subjective, on this side of the objective, on the narrow ridge where I and Thou meet, there is the realm of 'between'. This reality, whose disclosure has begun in our time, shows the way, leading beyond individualism and collectivism and collectivism, for the life of future generations. Here the genuine third alternative is indicated, the knowledge of which will help to bring about the genuine person again and to establish genuine community.
ManÂ’s threefold living relation is:
1. His relation to the world and to things;
2. His relation to men – both individuals and to the many;
3. His relationship to the mystery of being – which is dimly apparent through all this but infinitely transcends it – which the philosopher calls the absolute and the believer calls God, and which cannot in fact be eliminated from the situation even by a man who rejects both designations.”
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