“Man must be free of it all, of his bad conscience and of the bad salvation from this conscience in order to become in truth the way.”

— Martin Buber

Source: What is Man? (1938), p. 178
Context: Man must be free of it all, of his bad conscience and of the bad salvation from this conscience in order to become in truth the way. Now, he no longer promises others the fulfillment of his duties, but promises himself the fulfillment of man.

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German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian 1878–1965

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