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Buber's concept of dialogic imagination can be traced back to German philosophers, particularly the Jewish philosopher and theologian Martin Buber in whose thought dialogue occupies a central place. Just as Buber distinguishes human relationship into "I-Thou" and "I-It", Bakhtin differentiates novelists: dialogic novelists like Dostoevsky and monologic novelists like Tolstoy. Discussing affinity and difference between Buber and Bakhtin, this paper tries to locate Bakhtin's epistemological concern in his philosophical precursor, Martin Buber. The main thrust of the paper is to argue that if we do not attend to Bakhtin's philosophical mentor, his dialogism cannot be fully grasped and appreciated.