Essays about: "Martin Buber"

Found 2 essays containing the words Martin Buber.

1. 1. Humility in Interpersonal Relationships

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Renard Tatsuya Robles; [2019]
   Keywords : Humility; virtue; relationships;

   Abstract : This paper aims to establish a conception of humility which can be of use in nurturing interpersonal relationships of intrinsic value. The conception of humility asserted herein is a doxastic one that demands that an individual make an as-accurate-as-possible estimation of her knowledge, merits, and accomplishments in relation to others, in relation to the totality of knowledge, merits, and accomplishments, both actual and possible, of humankind, and in relation to an ideal. READ MORE

3. 2. "A Mysterious and Wonderful Thing": Transformative Encounters in Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Secret Garden"

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Anna Karlsson; [2013-06-26]
   Keywords : The Secret Garden; Frances Hodgson Burnett; I and Thou; Martin Buber; dialogic philosophy; transformative encounters;

   Abstract : "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a story about a young girl's encounters with nature, animals, people, and ultimately God, in a rural Yorkshire setting - it is a story about coming alive with the world on a spiritual journey in the midst of springtime. This essay will explore the encounters in "The Secret Garden" and their transformative impact on the characters and events in the novel, through the dialogic philosophy of Martin Buber, which is centred around the twofold nature of the I-You- and the I-It-encounter presented in his work "I and Thou". READ MORE