Max Stirner Quotes


Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap.


Context

Johann Kaspar Schmidt


Citations

Max Stirner, 1806-1856, German Philosopher, Quoted in Forbes Vol. 78. 1956

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Max Stirner
Max Stirner
  • Born: October 25, 1806
  • Died: June 26, 1856
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Philosopher

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.