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    This document summarizes and reflects on Martin Buber's philosophical book "I and Thou". It explains that Buber described two ways that humans can relate to the world: I-Thou, which is a subject-to-subject relationship, and I-It, which is a subject-to-object relationship. When relating through I-It, a subject becomes objectified and loses its status as a subject. Buber argued that we must experience both I-It and I-Thou to survive and truly live. The author found some of Buber's ideas difficult to understand but liked his realization that one's sense of self can only exist in relation to others.

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    This document summarizes and reflects on Martin Buber's philosophical book "I and Thou". It explains that Buber described two ways that humans can relate to the world: I-Thou, which is a subject-to-subject relationship, and I-It, which is a subject-to-object relationship. When relating through I-It, a subject becomes objectified and loses its status as a subject. Buber argued that we must experience both I-It and I-Thou to survive and truly live. The author found some of Buber's ideas difficult to understand but liked his realization that one's sense of self can only exist in relation to others.

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    This document summarizes and reflects on Martin Buber's philosophical book "I and Thou". It explains that Buber described two ways that humans can relate to the world: I-Thou, which is a subject-to-subject relationship, and I-It, which is a subject-to-object relationship. When relating through I-It, a subject becomes objectified and loses its status as a subject. Buber argued that we must experience both I-It and I-Thou to survive and truly live. The author found some of Buber's ideas difficult to understand but liked his realization that one's sense of self can only exist in relation to others.

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    Barazan June 21, 2021


    CHS3 – Section H

    Reading Assignment: “I and Thou” by Martin Buber

    A short yet powerful philosophical book that changes one's perception of relations between
    oneself and his environment. Having said that, I must admit that I had some difficulties understanding
    some of the author's points or thoughts. It also describes something that has not been properly
    described before. Buber explained that human beings can have two attitudes on the world: I-Thou or I-
    It. I-Thou is a subject-to-subject relationship, whereas I-It is a subject-to-object relationship. In the I-
    Thou relationship, humans see each other as having a unity of being. Humans may also attempt to
    convert a subject-to-subject relation to a subject-to-object relation, or vice versa. But the existence of a
    subject is a unity that cannot be viewed as an object. The existence of a subject, on the other hand, is a
    unity that cannot be analyzed as an object. When a subject is analyzed as an object, it no longer exists as
    a subject and becomes an object. When a subject is analyzed as an object, it ceases to be a Thou and
    becomes an It. It is an experience of losing oneself with the object, which then becomes a part of I. So,
    humans must experience I-It in order to survive, but we cannot truly live until we also experience I-Thou.
    The ego/I-It/self is destroyed, revealing the real I-Thou/self, or God.

    The idea is that without the presence of another, there can be no self. You can only exist as a
    result of your relationships with others. According to Buber, the concept "I" can only exist in relation to
    "You." "I" comes from the recognition of "You." As "up" is meaningless without "down," "I" is useless
    without "you. You can only exist in the context of the relationships you form with others.

    What I understood, I liked it. It made me realize the wonder of every human encounter I have
    on a daily basis, from the most insignificant to the ones I perceive and label "important." They're all far
    more than just 'important.'

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