Eternal Thou and religiosity in Buber's thought

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Published: Jul 3, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2175-5841.2015v13n38p941
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Martin Buber, eternal Thou, presence, religiosity.

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Newton Aquiles von Zuben
PUC Campinas

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The axial point on Buber's philosophy is the notion of the I-Thou encounter. All lines of all relations, if extended will meet in the eternal Thou. By affirming that, Buber introduces his dense considerations about God, the eternal Thou, the only Thou who due to his own essence cannot become an It. The dialogical encounter I - eternal Thou is an immediate relation of presence (Gegenwartsbeziehung). That is the background in which one can understand what religiosity means to Buber. It is an encounter in the presence (Gegenwart) between the man and the eternal Thou. And such relation is a religious experience that is conceived and announced in the human experience. Dialogical relations among men are signs of a more perfect relation that is the relation with God. The objective of this article is to show how the meaning of the eternal Thou and of the religiosity as encounter in the presence with the eternal Thou in the work I and Thou.

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ZUBEN, Newton Aquiles von. Eternal Thou and religiosity in Buber’s thought. HORIZONTE - Journal of Studies in Theology and Religious Sciences, Belo Horizonte, v. 13, n. 38, p. 941–968, 2015. DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2015v13n38p941. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/horizonte/article/view/P.2175-5841.2015v13n38p941. Acesso em: 9 aug. 2025.
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vol. 13, no. 38, Abr./Jun. 2015 - Dossiê: Islamismo: Religião e Cultura
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Newton Aquiles von Zuben, PUC Campinas

NEWTON AQUILES VON ZUBEN CONCLUIU O DOUTORADO EM FILOSOFIA - UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN EM 1970 COM TESE SOBRE MARTIN BUBER. ATUOU NAS UNIVERSIDADES: PUC-SP(1971-1974) E UNICAMP (1974-2001) ONDE SE APOSENTOU EM 2001 COMO PROFESSOR TITULAR. ATUALMENTE E TITULAR DA PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDADE CATOLICA DE CAMPINAS. NO MESTRADO E3M CIÊNCIAS DA RELIGIÃO.

PUBLICOU DIVERSOS TRABALHOS - ARTIGOS, CAPÍTULOS E LIVROS. ORIENTOU 22 DISSERTACOES DE MESTRADO E 15 TESES DE DOUTORADO NAS AREAS DE EDUCACAO E FILOSOFIA. RECEBEU 2 PREMIOS E/OU HOMENAGENS. ATUA NA AREA DE FILOSOFIA, COM ENFASE EM ETICA, ANTROPOLOGIA FILOSÓFICA, BIOETICA E FENOMENOLOGIA.