Martin Buber
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Martin Buber was a German Jewish philosopher and theologian who developed influential ideas about how people relate to each other and to God, emphasizing genuine dialogue and personal encounter. His work matters because it shaped modern thinking about human connection, spirituality, and ethics, and continues to influence philosophy, theology, and how we understand relationships today.
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- Born
- 8 February 1878
- Died
- 13 June 1965
- Works
- 543
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- Torat ha-neviʾim
- A zsidóság megújhodása
- Die Stunde und die Erkenntnis
- Das kleine Buch vom grossen Rabbi
- Between man and man
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Martin Buber ( German: [ˈmaʁtiːn̩ ˈbuːbɐ] ; Hebrew: מרטין בובר; Yiddish: מארטין בובער; 8 February 1878 – 13 June 1965) was an Austrian-Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism centered on the distinction between the I–Thou relationship and the I–It relationship.
Born in Vienna, Buber came from a family of observant Jews, but broke with Jewish custom to pursue secular studies in philosophy. He produced writings about Zionism and worked with various bodies within the Zionist movement extensively over a nearly 50-year period spanning his time in Europe and the Near East. In 1923, Buber wrote his famous essay on existence, Ich und Du (later translated into English as I and Thou), and in 1925 he began translating the Hebrew Bible into the German language.
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