Max Stirner (October 25, 1806 - June 26, 1856) on Individual and Independence(published by RevoltSource) |
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Father Anarchist-Egoism, Anarcho-Individualist Philosopher, German Post-Hegelian Philosopher, and one of the Forerunners of Nihilism, Existentialism, Psychoanalytic Theory, and Postmodernism
: 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. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
Quote #6 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Individual and Independence
“As I am not willing to be a slave of my maxims, but lay them bare to my continual criticism without any warrant, and admit no bail at all for their persistence, so still less do I obligate myself to the union for my future and pledge my soul to it, as is said to be done with the devil, and is really the case with the state and all spiritual authority; but I am and remain more to myself than state, Church, God, and the like...”
Source: "The Ego and Its Own," by Max Stirner, 1845, publish date of 1844. Part 2, Chapter II, Section 2.
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