I and Thou: Philosopher Martin Buber on the Art of Relationship and What Makes Us Real to One Another - Deepstash
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RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Relationship is the fundamental truth of this world of appearance.

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

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Philosophy of dialogue: Relationship

Philosophy of dialogue: Relationship

Relationship is what makesĀ a forest a forestĀ andĀ an ocean an ocean.Ā 

To meet the world on its own terms and respect the reality of another as an expression of that world as fundamental and inalienable as your own reality is an art immensely rewarding yet immensely difficult.

How to master the orientation of heart, mind, and spirit essential for the art of sincere and honorable relationship is what philosopherĀ Martin BuberĀ explores in his 1923 classicĀ I and Thou ā€” the foundation of Buberā€™s influential existentialist philosophy of dialogue.

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MARTIN BUBER

To the man the world is twofold, in accordance with his twofold attitude.Ā 

The attitude of man is twofold, in accordance with the twofold nature of the primary words which he speaks.Ā 

The primary words are not isolated words, but combined words.Ā 

The one primary word is the combinationĀ Iā€“Thou.Ā 

The other primary word is the combinationĀ Iā€“It; wherein, without a change in the primary word, one of the wordsĀ HeĀ andĀ SheĀ can replaceĀ It.Ā 

Hence theĀ IĀ of man is also twofold. For theĀ IĀ of the primary wordĀ Iā€“ThouĀ is a different I from that of the primary wordĀ Iā€“It.

MARTIN BUBER

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I - Thou. I - It.

I - Thou. I - It.

Ā Iā€“ItĀ establishes the world of experience and sensation.

Iā€“ThouĀ establishes the world of relationship, which asks of each person a participatory intimacy.Ā ThouĀ addresses another not as an object but as a presence.

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JAPANESE ARTIST KOMAKO SAKAI

ā€œReal isnā€™t how you are madeā€¦ Itā€™s a thing that happens to you.ā€

JAPANESE ARTIST KOMAKO SAKAI

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All real living is meeting

All real living is meeting

To address another asĀ Thou, Buber suggests, requires a certain self-surrender that springs from inhabiting oneā€™s own presence while at the same time stepping outside oneā€™s self.

Only then does the other cease to be a means to oneā€™s own ends and becomes real.Ā 

The primary wordĀ Iā€“ThouĀ can be spoken only with the whole being.

Concentration and fusion into the whole being can never take place through my agency, nor can it ever take place without me.

I become through my relation to theĀ Thou; as I becomeĀ I, I sayĀ Thou.

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Another perspective to look into relationship: the fundamental truth of this world of appearance.

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