Max Stirner Quotes
If man puts his honor first in relying upon himself, knowing himself and applying himself, this in self-reliance, self-assertion, and freedom, he then strives to rid himself of the ignorance which makes a strange impenetrable object a barrier and a hindrance to his self-knowledge.
Topics
Confidence
Freedom, Liberty
Ignorance
Independence
Autonomy
Barriers
Fall
Individual Responsiblity, Personal Responsibility
Personal Growth
Self-Knowledge
Self Mastery
Self-Reliance
Self-Awareness
Inner Strength
Self-Realization
Self-Discovery
Individual Autonomy
Self-Assertion
Self-Improvement
Self-empowerment
Citations
Stirner, Max. The False Principle of Our Education. Translated by Robert H. Beebe, Ralph Myles Publisher, 1967, p. 23.
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Johann Kaspar Schmidt, known professionally as Max Stirner, was a German post-Hegelian philosopher, dealing mainly with the Hegelian notion of social alienation and self-consciousness. Stirner is often seen as one of the forerunners of nihilism, existentialism, psychoanalytic theory, postmodernism and individualist anarchism.