...s slender size. In view of this influence alone it may be affirmed that 1 and Thou will rank &8 one of the epoch-making books 9f our generation. . I... ... been eomparatively Unknown among English-speaking students of philosophy and theology. 1 and TIum' is to be understood in the context of Buber's '... ...not with contempt v for the means of human expression but with finished and delicate power. For this reason, though we might call I and Thou a " ... ...application to theories of the State, of marriage, of family life, and of economics. xi But the pioneer work of Buber will in any event remain. a... ...esence and form so sternly tha.t I· recognise it only as an expression of law-of the laws ~ aooord.afl.ce.. with which Ii oonstant opposition of fo... ...o forget. Ra.ther is everything, picture a.nd movement, species and type, law and number, indivisibly united in this event. Everything belonging to... ... exclusively present. Being did not share itself with him in terms of the law that was afterwards elicited from the appearance, but in terms of its... ...cessity sunk in the world of It 1 Can the two com­ partments of this life, economics and State, with their present extent' and completeness of struct... ... using I that rules here. the I that makes use of assets and work done in economics, and strivings and opinions in politics, must we not thank this ...

...o, exercised. on the Continent an influence, quite out of proportion to its slender size. In view of this influence alone it may be affirmed that 1 and Thou will rank &8 one of the epoch-making books 9f our generation. It has hitherto been eomparatively Unknown among English-speaking students of philosophy and theology....

...The primal natm:e of the effort to establish relation is already to be seen in the earliest and most confined stage. Before anything isolated can be perceived, timid glances mOve out into indistinct space, towards something indefinite; and in times when there seems to be no desire for nourishment, hands sketch deli...