Vivir en su luz (El significado del Tú no humano desde la filosofía de Buber).

Abstract

What is the meaning of the non-human Thou in Buber’s philosophy? What is Buber getting at when he makes trees and animals part of the fundamental relationship I-Thou? We would like to show that, more than a pantheistic view, what is at stake is a more complex understanding of the transcendental binding that constitutes our human condition. This double binding has to do with the love and the ethical responsibility that is brought about by the I-Thou encounter and is expressed through actions of lovingkindness; at the same time this spiritual movement expands beyond human dialogue and is transformed into a radical assertion of life itself. These two strands of our ontological making intertwine in order to introduce love into sheer existence, a love we are prone to uphold through our everyday actions.