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    Martin Buber - I-THOU Outline

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    This is an outline I developed when attempting to communicate Martin Buber's I and Thou. Hope it helps.

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    Martin Buber - I-THOU Outline

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    Doug Floyd
    This is an outline I developed when attempting to communicate Martin Buber's I and Thou. Hope it helps.

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    i-it

    I-Thou

    itT itT
    i
    i
    itT
    I THOU i
    i
    itT
    from the I in I-It.
    The I in I-Thou is different The Primary word I-It can never be spoken
    The Primary word I-Thou can only be spoken with the whole being.
    with the whole being.
    When a primary word is spoken, the speaker
    When a primary word is spoken, the speaker enters the word and takes his stand in it.
    enters the word and takes his stand in it.
    Objectify

    Boundless Relational Experience

    Relational Encounter I perceive something


    I sense something
    3 Spheres I think about something
    Nature – Below speech I feel something
    Man – Speech
    Spirit – Speaking with my being

    In every sphere, we look out toward the eternal


    THOU. i-it has no present, only past.

    I-THOU lives in present.

    Even if the person to whom I say THOU is


    unaware (operating as i-it), relation can still exist.

    The THOU meets me through grace—not by


    seeking. (We cannot control.) Yet speaking the
    primary word I-THOU is an act of my whole
    being.

    The THOU meets me. But I step into relation with


    it. This means being chosen and choosing.

    I become through my relation to the THOU. As I


    become I, I say THOU.

    All real living is meeting.


    i-it
    I-Thou

    itT itT
    i
    i
    itT
    I THOU i
    i
    itT
    Man dwells in love. Love exists between I and
    THOU.

    Buber uses the image of the cross as an example


    of love.

    Relation is mutual. My THOU affects me. I affect


    it.

    Every THOU becomes an it with potential to


    become a THOU again.

    “The It is the eternal chrysalis, the Thou is the


    eternal butterfly-except that situations do not
    always follow one another in clear succession, but
    there is a happening profoundly two fold,
    confusedly entangled”
    i-it

    I-Thou

    itT itT
    i
    i
    itT
    I THOU i
    i
    itT
    from the I in I-It.
    The Primary word I-It can never be spoken
    The I in I-Thou is different with the whole being.
    The Primary word I-Thou can only be spoken
    with the whole being.
    When a primary word is spoken, the speaker
    When a primary word is spoken, the speaker enters the word and takes his stand in it.
    enters the word and takes his stand in it.
    Objectify
    Boundless
    Relational Experience
    Relational Encounter
    I perceive something
    3 Spheres I sense something
    Nature – Below speech I think about something
    Man – Speech I feel something
    Spirit – Speaking with my being

    In every sphere, we look out toward the eternal


    THOU.
    i-it has no present, only past.
    I-THOU lives in present.

    Even if the person to whom I say THOU is


    unaware (operating as i-it), relation can still exist.

    The THOU meets me through grace—not by


    seeking. (We cannot control.) Yet speaking the
    primary word I-THOU is an act of my whole
    being.

    The THOU meets me. But I step into relation with


    it. This means being chosen and choosing.

    I become through my relation to the THOU. As I


    become I, I say THOU.

    All real living is meeting.

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