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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.)
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Quote #27 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Society and Freedom
“Freedom you all want, you want freedom. Why then do you haggle over a more or less? Freedom can only be the whole of freedom; a piece of freedom is not freedom. You despair of the possibility of obtaining the whole of freedom, freedom from everything -- yes, you consider it insanity even to wish this? -- Well, then leave off chasing after the phantom, and spend your pains on something better than the -- unattainable.”
Source: "The Ego and Its Own," by Max Stirner, 1845, publish date of 1844. Part 2, Chapter I.
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