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from Martin Buber: 'The real struggle is not between east or west, (Original Post) elleng Feb 2016 OP
Yep, between fantasy and reality. That's why the god concept is so important to valerief Feb 2016 #1
Yes! 2naSalit Feb 2016 #2
Buber was an influential theologian struggle4progress Feb 2016 #3
God stuff guy. nt valerief Feb 2016 #4
I think his 1923 "Ich und Du" deals with a foundational issue --- struggle4progress Feb 2016 #5
Thanks. Looks kinda godish here. valerief Feb 2016 #6
Buber was religious: his view is that I-Thou relations struggle4progress Feb 2016 #7
Same in French with tu and vous. valerief Feb 2016 #8

valerief

(53,235 posts)
1. Yep, between fantasy and reality. That's why the god concept is so important to
Thu Feb 18, 2016, 06:22 PM
Feb 2016

oligarchies. If you can swallow that (no matter what religion, except, of course, Pastafarianism), you can swallow anything.

struggle4progress

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5. I think his 1923 "Ich und Du" deals with a foundational issue ---
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 11:31 AM
Feb 2016

namely, the distinction between our relations with objects and our relations with other individuals who can engage with us in meaningful ways

struggle4progress

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7. Buber was religious: his view is that I-Thou relations
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 04:43 PM
Feb 2016

are fundamentally different from I-he or I-she or I-it relations, and this he regards as the essential starting point of what he considers true religion

One important linguistic distinction here has disappeared from modern English usage, though it still exists in some other languages: it is the distinction that once occurred in English as thou-versus-you and still occurs in German as du-versus-Sie, that is, the distinction between familiar addressing that reflects close personal relationship, as opposed to formal addressing

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