the unique (Der Einzige)

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The unique (Der Einzige) is Max Stirner’s central philosophical concept denoting the radically individual self that rejects all fixed ideas, abstractions, and external authorities.

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the Unique (Der Einzige) 2
the unique (Der Einzige) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concept in German philosophy ⓘ
concept in egoist anarchism ⓘ
philosophical concept ⓘ
associatedWith individualist anarchism ⓘ
philosophical egoism ⓘ
basisFor Stirner’s notion of the union of egoists ⓘ
centralConceptOf Max Stirner’s philosophy ⓘ
characterizedBy radical autonomy ⓘ
rejection of all essences ⓘ
self-creation ⓘ
contrastedWith fixed moral principles ⓘ
human essence ⓘ
universal man ⓘ
coreMeaning radically individual self ⓘ
critiques morality as external authority ⓘ
religion as external authority ⓘ
society as external authority ⓘ
state as external authority ⓘ
denies absolute validity of ideals ⓘ
binding force of moral laws ⓘ
supremacy of state and society over the individual ⓘ
describedIn The Ego and Its Own ⓘ
emphasizes self-assertion ⓘ
self-ownership ⓘ
uniqueness of the individual ⓘ
field ethics ⓘ
metaphysics of the self ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
focusesOn concrete individual ⓘ
self as beyond all categories ⓘ
hasAuthor Max Stirner ⓘ
influenced egoist anarchism ⓘ
existentialist interpretations of individuality ⓘ
post-structuralist readings of subjectivity ⓘ
interpretedBy 20th-century existentialist thinkers ⓘ
various anarchist theorists ⓘ
languageOfOrigin German ⓘ
ontologicalStatus non-essentialist self ⓘ
opposes spooks ⓘ
originalName Der Einzige ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Young Hegelian milieu ⓘ
linked to: Young Hegelians
rejects abstractions ⓘ
external authorities ⓘ
fixed ideas ⓘ
relatedConcept creative nothing (schöpferische Nichtigkeit) ⓘ
ownness (Eigenheit) ⓘ
timePeriodFormulated 1840s ⓘ
viewedAs beyond good and evil in a Stirnerian sense ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Max Stirner → notableIdea → the unique (Der Einzige) ⓘ
Der Einzige und sein Eigentum → mainConcept → the Unique (Der Einzige) ⓘ
linked to: the unique (Der Einzige)
Johann Kaspar Schmidt → notableIdea → the Unique (Der Einzige) ⓘ
linked to: the unique (Der Einzige)