1. I and Thou By Martin Buber

2. The World is twofold: 2 primary words I-It I-Thou Both can best be understood as relational experiences

3. I-It Action out of partial being “Objects of general experience” The other things of the world He/Dhe.

4. I-Thou Action out of the whole being Gives three examples: – Nature – Men (other people) – Spiritual Beings

5. What does this have to do with love? Buber thinks that people confuse love as being a feeling when it is actually “Feelings are entertained; but man dwells in his love. Feelings dwell in man; but man dwells in his love. This is no metaphor, but the actual truth. Love does not cling to the I in such a way as to have the Thou for its ‘content’, its object; but love is between I and thou.” “Love is a responsibility of an I for a Thou.”

6. What does this have to do with love? Cont.… Love is not a relation to a thing, but rather a relation of subjects It is an openness to another's being