The Ego and Its Own

by Max Stirner

The Ego and Its Own by Max Stirner

The Ego and Its Own was first published in 1844. While it wasn't popular during Stirner's lifetime, the book ended up having a major impact on the intellectual development of many major philosophical figures such as Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche. Stirner repeatedly quotes Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller and Bruno Bauer assuming the that the readers will be familiar with all their works. He also paraphrases and makes word-plays and in-jokes on formulations found in Hegel's works as well as in the works of his contemporaries such as Ludwig Feuerbach. Other references include Greek History and Philosophy. This can make the book more demanding for contemporary readers.

Contents

• Dedication
• All Things Are Nothing To Me

Part I - Man

• A Human Life
• Men of the Old Time and the New
  • The Ancients
  • The Moderns
    • The Spirit
    • The Possessed
    • The Hierarchy
  • The Free
    • Political Liberalism
    • Social Liberalism
    • Humane Liberalism
      • Postscript

Part II

• Ownness
• The Owner
  • My Power
  • My Intercourse
  • My Self-Enjoyment
• The Unique One

This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.