"Johann Kaspar Schmidt (October 25, 1806 – June 26, 1856), better known as Max Stirner, was a German philosopher. He is often seen as one of the forerunners of nihilism, existentialism, postmodernism, and anarchism, especially of individualist anarchism.Stirner's main work is The Ego and Its Own, also known as The Ego and His Own (Der Einzige und sein Eigentum in German, which translates literally as The Unique One and His Property). This work was first published in 1845 in Leipzig, and has since appeared in numerous editions and translations...
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Caricature of Max Stirner taken from a sketch by Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) of the meetings of "Die Freien".
The philosophy of Stirner is credited as a major influence in the development of nihilism, existentialism, post-modernism, and anarchism (especially of individualist anarchism, postanarchism, and post-left anarchy). Stirner's main philosophical work was The Ego and Its Own, also known as The Ego and His Own (Der Einzige und sein Eigentum in German, which translates literally as The Unique One and His Property)."
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- Max Stirner @ Anarchy Archieves
- Max Stirner @ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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- Max Stirner's The Ego & His Own @ Anarchist Library
- Max Stirner @ Anarchist Library
- L.S.R's biography of Max Stirner