Maurice Stanley Friedman
American philosopher
Maurice Stanley Friedman (December 29, 1921 – September 25, 2012) was an interdisciplinary, interreligious philosopher of dialogue. His intellectual career spanned fifty years of study, teaching, writing, translating, traveling, and mentoring. He co-founded the Institute for Dialogical Psychotherapy. He is known for applying Martin Buber’s philosophy of dialogue to the human sciences. After receiving his Ph.D. in religion and history from the University of Chicago in 1950, Friedman had a long career of teaching and publishing.
Early life
Friedman was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His father, Samuel Friedman, was a life-insurance salesman. His mother, Fannie, a Rabbi’s daughter, was a social activist and voracious reader who loved ideas and profoundly influenced her son. As a young man, he practiced Hindu-inspired meditation and was declared a conscientious objector during World War II. He served with the Forest Service as a firefighter. At the end of the war, Friedman attended and graduated from Harvard University.
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