Q Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read the two assigned passages from Martin Buber’s book I and Thou. • I and Thou: Selected Passages (Links to an external site.) • Consider the Tree (Links to an external site.) In this discussion, you will work together with your classmates to answer two questions: • Which philosophy of nature do these passages seem to assume? • Which religious worldview do these passages express most closely? Defend your answer by citing specific passages from the texts. Note that there is more than one good answer to these questions, so don’t feel like you need to google the “right” answer. Simply focus on giving good reasons and evidence to support your own interpretation. Read the passages several times and look for ways they embody various aspects of the ideas you have studied so far. Remember, as with last week’s discussion, you are looking for one answer as a class. Since there is more than one good way to interpret the texts, you will most likely disagree with each other, but you don’t want to have separate discussions apart from each other. Rather you will debate the alternatives together. If the first post supports one interpretation, then the reply should either add further reasons and textual evidence to support that interpretation or it should critique the reasoning the first post gave. Additional replies should build on all previous posts. Read all the prior posts before adding your own, and do not repeat what other students have said. Requirements: Attend discussion on at least four separate days, and post a total of 800 words. There is no required word count for individual posts as long as all your posts together total 800 words. Nor is there a minimum number of posts, but you must post on at least four separate days by Day 7.