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oterapijiiknjigama's review against another edition
5.0
Prema Buberu, samoostvarenje je nemoguće bez prisustva drugih. On je verovato da je potreba da podelimo svoje misli, osećanja i postupke s drugima bitan deo našeg bića. Kroz razmišljanje o drugima, možemo steći dublje razumevanje sebe. <3
jemerevoltedoncnoussommes's review against another edition
5.0
We are organ pipes
Blowing life into being
God looks through your eyes
Blowing life into being
God looks through your eyes
lelainav's review against another edition
5.0
This book permanently changed my view of the world. It's instantly applicable as a critical lens to virtually everything.
greaydean's review against another edition
4.0
Let's start with a confession. I do not read the introduction. I think this one weighs in at 46 pages. My view is simple. I don't even know what the book is really about and I want my own chance to grasp the concepts before reading what someone else even thinks of it. Additionally, Martin wasn't even alive when the introduction was written, which means he had no opportunity to give feedback, agree or disagree with it. I skipped the introduction in an attempt to understand the book. Admittedly, it is the translator's introduction, but unless the introduction talks about the translator themselves, I'm not going to learn anything useful to interpreting the text.
This is a contemplative book. It probably deserves more time than I took on it. I read about 10 pages a day for a couple of weeks to get through it. It is complex. It is reflexive. It is convoluted. I found some gems in here, and it will definitely require another reading for me to extract more from it. When (there is an implied "if") I read it again, I will strive to go slower.
As with many of these mystical writings, I am getting re them first in an attempt to determine which are attractive to me and could yield deeper insights with slower readings.
This is a contemplative book. It probably deserves more time than I took on it. I read about 10 pages a day for a couple of weeks to get through it. It is complex. It is reflexive. It is convoluted. I found some gems in here, and it will definitely require another reading for me to extract more from it. When (there is an implied "if") I read it again, I will strive to go slower.
As with many of these mystical writings, I am getting re them first in an attempt to determine which are attractive to me and could yield deeper insights with slower readings.
mattinthebooks's review against another edition
3.0
this was an incredibly frustrating experience reading that yielded some valuable intellectual rewards but left me hoping for a more explicit system of thought
mg2023's review against another edition
5.0
Wow, where to start...? This book was not merely a read, but something to be experienced. Admittedly, it was a very difficult text, actually, almost incomprehensible at times. But within this remarkably complex, philosophical and difficult text, lies hidden treasures and formulas to understand the equally complex and difficult human nature and our relations with our surroundings, especially with God. When ideas are so large, words don't suffice to express them and you have to create new words, new concepts. I and Thou does exactly that. It redefines the word 'You' and situates human beings in their true form, presence and relational position... at the face of the earth, society and God...
"The I of the basic I-You appears as a person and becomes conscious of itself as subjectivity (without any dependent genetive). Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos. Persons appear by entering into relation to other persons. One is the spiritual form of natural differentiation, the other that of natural association. The purpose of setting oneself apart is to experience and use, and the purpose of that is "living" - which means dying one human life long. The purpose of relation is the relation itself - touching the You. For as soon as we touch a You, we are touched by a breath of eternal life. Whoever stands in relation, participates in an actuality: that is, in a being that is neither merely a part of him nor merely outside him."
"The I of the basic I-You appears as a person and becomes conscious of itself as subjectivity (without any dependent genetive). Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos. Persons appear by entering into relation to other persons. One is the spiritual form of natural differentiation, the other that of natural association. The purpose of setting oneself apart is to experience and use, and the purpose of that is "living" - which means dying one human life long. The purpose of relation is the relation itself - touching the You. For as soon as we touch a You, we are touched by a breath of eternal life. Whoever stands in relation, participates in an actuality: that is, in a being that is neither merely a part of him nor merely outside him."
tisamon's review against another edition
5.0
This review is for the Ronald Gregor Smith translation. Everyone should read it. Whether or not you agree or disagree with it, the ideas given will give you an interesting way of thinking about reality and spirituality.