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It, You, and What Else?
Reflections on Martin Buber’s vision

By Ran Lahav

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As we have seen in the first two videos on Martin Buber, Buber envisions a transformation of our relationships to others: from I-It relations toI-You relations. In other words, instead of relating to others as objects, as things that are external to me, I now relate to them through a full togetherness. This new relationshipis authentic, and it gives authenticity and meaning to my life.

But an important issue arises here: Buber insists, in his book I-Thou, that such a transformation is always temporary.

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Martin Buber (1878—1965)
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Towards Fuller Relationships – Part 1

By Ran Lahav

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Seeking Wisdom: Listening to the Other
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In his search for wisdom the elephant meets the giraffe, the tallest and wisest of animals.

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You will find here inspiring philosophical videos and texts, updated periodically, about self-change. You are invited to contribute your reactions and personal thoughts and stories, in video or simply in writing.

Current Topic:  Martin Buber, Towards fuller Relationships 

Martin Buber:  I-You and I-It 

Martin Buber:  I-You

Reflections on Buber

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Towards fuller Relationships 1
Buber's Text 1 (+ video)
 

 Towards fuller Relationships 2
   Buber's Text 2 (+ video)
  
VIDEO: It, You, and What Else?
 

  Plato and Stepping out of the Cave

Plato's Republic

Personal  Reflections

Exercise

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Plato's Republic
 The Allegory of the Cave

Plato´s Symposium
Transformation through love

  
VIDEO: A Journey to the completely other Exercise (text): Towards the essence of everything

 

 Nietzsche and Self-Overcoming

Nietzsche's The Gay Science

Personal  Reflections

Exercise

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Will and Wave
Nietzsche's Text 2

Nietzsche's Zarathustra
Nietzsche's Text 1

 VIDEO: Ran Lahav's commentary
 Exercise (text): Nietzsche’s Child

 

Marcus Aurelius, Freedom and Reason 

Marcus Aurelius' Meditation

Personal  Reflections

Exercise

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Marcus Aurelius' text Ran Lahav's commentary:
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 Exercise Marcus Aurelius’ Stoic Exercise

 Henry Bergson and the Inner Self

Bergson's Time and Free Will

Personal  Reflections

Exercise

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Video: Bergson's text VIDEO: Ran Lahav's commentary VIDEO:   Contemplating on Bergson's Intuition

Personal Story: Scott meets Bergson Contemplating on Bergson's Intuition

 

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 Karl Jaspers and re-possessing the self

 Jasper's Way to Wisdom

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Personal Reflections

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Personal Stories

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VIDEO: Karl Jasper's text

VIDEO: Jaspers on Boundary Situations 


VIDEO: Ran Lahav's commentary

Professor Iddo Landau
(Haifa University - Israel)
VIDEO: Comment on Karl Jaspers' text

Dr. Ronny Miron:
Jaspers and Boundary Situations

VIDEO: Angus: Breaking up and self-remembering

Noemi Harari:
Philosophical Life

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This is part of a project of philosophical practice.Ran Lehav. Carmen Zavala