Max Stirner Quotes
The divine is God's concern; the human, man's. My concern is neither the divine nor the human, not the true, good, just, free, etc., but solely what is 'mine,' and it is not a general one, but is - 'unique,' as I am unique. Nothing is more to me than myself!
Topics
Existentialism
Human Nature
Individualism
Self-Actualization
Self-Interest
Subjectivity
Uniqueness
Autonomy
Good
Individual Responsiblity, Personal Responsibility
Individuality
Self-Determination
Self-Reliance
Self-Sufficiency
Self-Awareness
Personal Identity
Self-Centered
Egoism
Religion & God
Self-Identity
Self-empowerment
Citations
Stirner, Max. The Ego and His Own. Translated by Steven T. Byington, Benjamin R. Tucker, 1907, p. 5.
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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.