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I and Thou is a philosophical work written by Austrian-Israeli philosopher Martin Buber and published in Berlin 1923 as Ich und Du
. Written as a series of long and shorter aphorisms, the work covers a wide range of topics including psychology, sociology, and religion, with a strong focus on relationships: those among people and the relationship individuals have with God.In I and Thou, Buber, who is one of the great religious thinkers of modern times, seeks to help us engage with the world more fully by encouraging us to use the mode of encounter (which he calls the mode of I-You), and not just the mode of experience (or, I-It).
Read the overall summary, explanations of important quotes, and three Question & Answers about key ideas in I and Thou.
