Re: Lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, pride of life

From: Paul Zellmer (pzellmer@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Mon Nov 04 1996 - 11:06:07 EST


Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>
> I was very impressed by Martin Buber's comment on
> the 10th commandment: he said it was the foundation for all the other
> commandments regarding interpersonal relationships--that the others were
> concrete prohibitions of particular acts but this one warned against the
> very underlying attitude of envy of one's neighbor that makes it possible
> for one to carry out those concrete acts.

An interesting comment. I have not yet been exposed to a work that
presented this summarization of the second part of the decalogue. Can
you provide some further bibliographical info on Buber's comment?

Thanks,

Paul Zellmer
Southern Methodist Missions



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