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“A race of altruists is necessarily a race of slaves. A race of free men is necessarily a race of egoists.”

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Max Stirner was a German philosopher born on October 25, 1806, and died on June 26, 1856. His philosophical thoughts revolve around individualism and egoism, which had a profound impact on later existentialism and nihilism. more

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