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[Anonymous No.9184926]

How exactly do I read the Ego and His Own, I don't really understand much of what Stirner's trying to say and I'm a beginner of philosophy.

Should I read simpler philosophies first and then proceed to Stirner?

[Anonymous No.9184939]

Keep reading, Stirner even acknowledges that he's probably not making any sense at the end of the chapter I assume you're on

[Anonymous No.9184972]

If I'd say "read Hegel first", you'd end up with a much bigger pre-reading list. So there's nothing you can do about that.

When Stirner speaks of the mans life split in childhood, adulthood, old age etc., that's basically a Hegel parody, who's famous for rethinking history and splitting it into eras.
When he goes on talking about Christianity, it's good to know that in the bar he and Marx Feuerbach, Engels and so on where hanging out (the Young Hegelians), being able to criticize was a hot topic and Feuerbach was the guy who even wrote a book on how Jesus probably didn't even exist.
When you get to the part about Communism and Socialism, it's good to crosscheck the release date of the book with what had NOT YET happened in Europe.
Like you do know that for example the old German anthem had the famous line "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles!!" in it ("Germany, Germany above all!!"). People today link that to Nazi Germany and how the were supremicists, but really it's from a time where central Europe was split into hundreds of largely independent Länder and in <Germany> the idea was to bring those together under one rule. "Germany above all" foremost also means "you, sub-states, consider yourself one now, not split into neighboring regions".
There's a lot of shit going on when Stirner writes his book and he's reacting (and essentially dismissing) just most major ideas being cooked up, while they are hot.

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>>9184926
No, you do not need to read Hegel, the wiki if you're curious, just finish reading it. Most likely reading the shitty translation I did. It's easy stuff, just terribly detailed.

Do read his shorter pieces about education and answering his critics

[Anonymous No.9184981]

If I'd say "read Hegel first", you'd end up with a much bigger pre-reading list. So there's nothing you can do about that.

When Stirner speaks of the mans life split in childhood, adulthood, old age etc., that's basically a Hegel parody, who's famous for rethinking history and splitting it into eras.

When he goes on talking about Christianity, it's good to know that in the bar he and Marx, Feuerbach, Engels and so on where hanging out (the Young Hegelians), being able to legally criticize such things was a hot topic and Feuerbach was the guy who even wrote a book on how Jesus probably didn't even exist.
When you get to the part about Communism and Socialism, it's good to crosscheck the release date of the book with what had NOT YET happened in Europe.

Like you do know that for example the old German anthem had the famous line "Deutschland, Deutschland über Alles!!" in it ("Germany, Germany above all!!"). People today link that to Nazi Germany and how the were supremicists, but really it's from a time where central Europe was split into hundreds of largely independent Länder and in <Germany> the idea was to bring those together under one rule. "Germany above all" foremost also means "you, sub-states, consider yourself one now, not split into neighboring regions".

There's a lot of shit going on when Stirner writes his book and he's reacting (and essentially dismissing) just most major ideas being cooked up, while they are hot.