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Luke is on page 28 of 132

“How self-confident is that wisdom which perceives only a closed compartment in things, reserved for the initiate and manipulated only with the key. O secrecy without a secret! O accumulation of information! It, always it!”

The prayer parts of this go wild

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آلاء is on page 34 of 185

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Tim Jenkins is 33% done

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William Vasquez is on page 99 of 164

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Tim Jenkins is 21% done

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Luke is on page 14 of 132

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Amelia Little is on page 124 of 185

Getting more nuanced as I keep reading. The I, without the It, is incomplete. The Thou, without the It, is incomplete. Buber is not just advocating for an I-Thou relationship 100% of the time

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Christian Reyes is 54% done

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Amelia Little is on page 78 of 185

Heard a lot about this, and grateful to finally get into it. Buber’s I-Thou and I-It dialectic captures what it means to live in both a sacred and secular world, which necessitates the use of both Thou and It. In the inward life, stories necessitates both primary forms of language.

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