Trying to uncover in himself the answer to how and why things have turned out as they have, excavating memories of family, of places he has called home, and of the way he has apprehended the world around him («one of my eyes is forever turning towards the world beyond»), Olly reveals the very essence of a man who, in some way, has always been waiting to be rescued from himself. (bookbrowse.com)
In defining philosophical anthropology as the problem of finding one essence of man in the constant flux of individuals and cultures, Buber has once again made visible the way of the «narrow ridge.» (religion-online.org)
As with man, in Jesus» sense, there can be no distinction between his nature and his actions which are the result of his nature, but the actual essence of man is present in action, likewise God is present where He is active. (religion-online.org)