Eigenheit ('ownness) and Einzig (uniqueness)

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  • Created by: gemshort
  • Created on: 25-03-18 22:57

The future of self is to realise ownness: Eigenheit
Stirner made a distinction between what is perceived as the self and 'ownness'

  • The philosopher who thinks they are free and independent needs to recognise that to be truly free, they must be freed from all obligation to any conscious or subconscious ideal
  • They must realise their 'ownness' (Eigenheit)

In relation to the example of giving to the poor, Stirner would argue that doing as you will/please is being truly free because it has nothing to do with whether it was a good or bad thing to give money to the poor, but rather because I am my own person and not a slave to obligation

The future of self is to activate uniqueness: Einzig
Implications of what ownness truly means can only be realised through the appreciation of oneself as unique (Einzig) - this is Stirner's evaluation of the true self/true egoist

  • Being unique meams individual freedom from all external conceptual theories that could be…

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