“Fellowship depends on appreciation while manipulation is the cause of alienation”

—  Abraham Joshua Heschel

Source: Who Is Man? (1965), Ch. 5<!-- Manipulation and appreciation, p. 82 -->
Context: Fellowship depends on appreciation while manipulation is the cause of alienation: objects and I apart, things stand dead, and I am alone. What is more decisive: a life of manipulation distorts the image of the world. Reality is equated with availability: What I can manipulate is, what I cannot manipulate is not. A life of manipulation is the death of transcendence.

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Polish-American Conservative Judaism Rabbi 1907–1972

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