s ▁daughter , ▁was ▁a ▁social ▁activ ist ▁and ▁v ora cious ▁reader ▁who ▁loved ▁ideas ▁and ▁prof ound ly ▁influenced ▁her ▁son . ▁As ▁a ▁young ▁man , ▁he ▁pract iced ▁H indu - in sp ired ▁med itation ▁and ▁was ▁declared ▁a ▁cons cient ious ▁object or ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁He ▁served ▁with ▁the ▁Forest ▁Service ▁as ▁a ▁fire fig h ter . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁war , ▁Fried man ▁attended ▁and ▁graduated ▁from ▁Harvard ▁University . ▁As ▁he ▁began ▁his ▁academic ▁career , ▁he ▁married ▁Eugen ia ▁and ▁they ▁adopted ▁two ▁children , ▁D v ora ▁and ▁David . ▁After ▁they ▁divor ced , ▁Fried man ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁west ▁coast ▁and ▁married ▁A ile en . ▁ ▁Writing ▁career ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁Fried man ' s ▁main ▁contributions ▁has ▁been ▁to ▁art ic ulate ▁how ▁dimensions ▁( rel ig ious , ▁literary , ▁exist ential ist , ▁soci ological , ▁and ▁psych ological ) ▁of ▁B uber ’ s ▁thought ▁have ▁res h aped ▁the ▁Human ▁Sciences . ▁Fried man ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁construct ive ▁phil os opher ▁and ▁compar ative ▁religion ist . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁Fried man ▁wrote ▁a ▁broad ▁survey ▁of ▁B uber ’ s ▁work ▁available ▁at ▁that ▁time , ▁Martin ▁B uber : ▁The ▁Life ▁of ▁Dialog ue , ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁introduction ▁of ▁B uber ’ s ▁concepts ▁in ▁the ▁English - spe aking ▁world . ▁Of ▁it , ▁B uber ▁wrote :