Key Insights From:
I and Thou
By Martin Buber
Relationships and Parenting Philosophy Religion and Theology
Audio Available | 8 Minute Read
Published: Feb 1, 1971
Key Insights From:
I and Thou
By Martin Buber
Relationships and Parenting Philosophy Religion and Theology
Audio Available | 8 Minute Read
Published: Feb 1, 1971
What You'll Learn:

Originally published in 1923, I and Thou remains a classic in existentialist thought. The late Austrian philosopher Martin Buber argues that people can speak and exist in one of two realms, which he captures in two basic word pairings: I-It and I-You (or I-Thou). In the realm of I-It, we turn everything around us into an object, including each other. In the realm of I-You, a person stands in relation to another. I-It is the realm of experience; I-You is the realm of encounter. Buber warns that modern society is increasingly in the clutches of I-It, and the human spirit will wither without a return to I-You.

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Key Insights:
  1. There’s the realm of experience and the realm of relation.
  2. True I-You encounters arise by grace and are entered into willingly.
  3. History is the story of the It-World increasingly crowding out the You-World.
  4. God is the eternal You.

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