Buber's I and You
There are 2 basic words. I-It and I-You. The I is something that we all know, but it is not the I as in a singular I that we all think about. There is actually a duality in the I that appears in relation to the It and the You. It is only in these relations can there be an I. We must experience It and have relations with You. The I-I is expanded not by Buber but by Kaufman. To experience something, we don't effect it. We see a tree, we can name a tree, but we don't have a relationship to the tree. If we did, the tree would be You. It is in the relationship the the you is created.

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