PHILOSOPHER

Martin Buber

1878 - 1965

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Martin Buber (pronounced [ˈmaʁtiːn̩ ˈbuːbɐ] ; Hebrew: מרטין בובר, Yiddish: מארטין בובער; 8 February 1878 – 13 June 1965) was an Austrian-Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism centered on the distinction between the I–Thou relationship and the I–It relationship. Born in Vienna, Buber came from a family of observant Jews, but broke with Jewish custom to pursue secular studies in philosophy. He produced writings about Zionism and worked with various bodies within the Zionist movement extensively over a nearly 50-year period spanning his time in Europe and the Near East. In 1923, Buber wrote his famous essay on existence, Ich und Du (later translated into English as I and Thou), and in 1925 he began translating the Hebrew Bible into the German language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Buber is the 134th most popular philosopher (up from 138th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Austria (down from 60th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Philosopher.

Martin Buber is most famous for his book I and Thou.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Martin Buber ranks 134 out of 1,267. Before him are Pyrrho, Anaximenes of Miletus, Simone Weil, Joseph Priestley, John Wycliffe, and Johann Friedrich Herbart. After him are Zygmunt Bauman, Giambattista Vico, Tommaso Campanella, Philo, Charles Fourier, and Duns Scotus.

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Among people born in 1878, Martin Buber ranks 3. Before him are Lise Meitner, and Janusz Korczak. After him are John B. Watson, Reza Shah, Gustav Stresemann, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Werner von Blomberg, Manuel L. Quezon, Pancho Villa, André Citroën, and Alfred Döblin. Among people deceased in 1965, Martin Buber ranks 10. Before him are Malcolm X, Edward Victor Appleton, W. Somerset Maugham, Syngman Rhee, Albert Schweitzer, and Farouk of Egypt. After him are Eli Cohen, Hermann Staudinger, Stan Laurel, Adlai Stevenson II, Edgard Varèse, and Paul Hermann Müller.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Martin Buber ranks 71 out of 1,424. Before him are Amon Göth (1908), Christian Doppler (1803), Oskar Kokoschka (1886), Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903), Victor Francis Hess (1883), and Archduke Otto of Austria (1865). After him are Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865), Kurt Waldheim (1918), Anna Freud (1895), Fritz Pregl (1869), Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888), and Elfriede Jelinek (1946).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Austria

Among philosophers born in Austria, Martin Buber ranks 3. Before him are Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889), and Karl Popper (1902). After him are Paul Feyerabend (1924), Josef Breuer (1842), Ivan Illich (1926), Otto Weininger (1880), Alfred Schütz (1899), Otto Neurath (1882), Jean Améry (1912), Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), and André Gorz (1923).

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