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Martin Buber a Hasidic Jew, was born in Vienna in 1879.
His central and seminal work 'I and Thou' revolves around a discussion
of two primary words* 'I-Thou' and 'I-It'.
Two ways of knowing that don't just classify
that which is known, they actually define the knower.
....Primary words do not describe something that might exist
independently of them, but being spoken, they bring about existence.
primary words are spoken from the being.
If Thou is said, the I of the combination 'I-Thou'
is said along with it.
If It is said, the I of the combination 'I-It'
is said along with it.
The primary word 'I-Thou' can only be spoken with the whole
being.
This is a helpful entrance to the Person Paradigm.
* ('I-Thou' is fundamentally one lexation not two words, and can only
be understood as such - see Benjamin Whorf on pattern
and reference)
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