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Martin Buber



Martin Buber (1878–1965) was an Austrian Israeli Jewish philosopher best known for his work on the distinction between the “I–Thou” relationship and the “I–It” relationship. He believed the relationship between one being and another being created the deepest meaning in our existence and would allow us to reach our full potential. He also worked on translating the Hebrew Bible into the German language. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and in Peace several times.

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‘Martin Buber’ Review: The Hebrew Humanist

Buber loved the parables of the Hassidic masters, tales that hallowed the everyday, that refused to cleave the sacred from the secular.

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The Legend of the Baal-Shem

The Jewish philosopher Martin Buber spoke directly to the most profound human concerns in all his works, including his discussions of Hasidism, a mystical-religious movement founded in Eastern Europe by Israel ben Eliezer, called the Baal-Shem (the Master of God's Name).

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A New Biography of Martin Buber Explores a Life of Wrestling with Faith

Martin Buber vaulted into prominence in German intellectual life in the first years of the 20th century, when he was still in his early 20s.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWhen two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.

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Meetings: Autobiographical Fragments

Meetings sets forth the life of one of the twentieth-century's greatest spiritual philosophers in his own words.

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Israel and the World: Essays in a Time of Crisis

Written over 40 years, this text seeks to: clarify the relation of certain aspects of Jewish thinking and Jewish living to contemporary intellectual movements; and to analyze those trends within Jewish life, which, surrendering to many ideologies, tend to weaken the teachings of Israel.

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Martin Buber's 10 Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings

According to Hasidic lore, the various ways in which men learn to perfect themselves are the "rungs" on the ladder leading to the realm of heaven. It is said: "No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and every one the highest stands open.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageAn animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.

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Tales of the Hasidim (The Early Masters/The Later Masters)

This new paperback edition brings together volumes one and two of Buber's classic work Takes of the Hasidim, with a new foreword by Chaim Potok. Martin Buber devoted forty years of his life to collecting and retelling the legends of Hasidim.

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The Martin Buber-Carl Rogers Dialogue: A New Transcript With Commentary

A corrected and extensively annotated version of the sole meeting between two of the most important figures in twentieth-century intellectual life.

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