Martin Buber (1878–1965) German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian
Source: Eclipse of God: Studies in the Relation Between Religion and Philosophy (1952), p. 6
“What a glorious thing to man is slavery, when want, misfortune, old age, debility and sickness overtake him.”
Source: Sociology For The South: Or The Failure Of A Free Society (1854), p. 68
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