THE EGO AND HIS OWN BY MAX STIRNER TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY STEVEN T. BYINGTON WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J. L. WALKER NEW YORK BENJ. R. TUCKER, PUBLISHER 1907 Copyright. 1907, by BENJAMIN R. TUCKER TO MY SWEETHEART MARIE DÄHNHARDT CONTENTS PAGE PUBLISHER'S PREFACE vii INTRODUCTION xii TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE xix ALL THINGS ARE NOTHING TO ME 3 PART FIRST: _MAN_ 7 I.--A HUMAN LIFE 9 II.--MEN OF THE OLD TIME AND THE NEW 17 I.--THE ANCIENTS 17 II.--THE MODERNS 30 § 1.--THE SPIRIT 34 § 2.--THE POSSESSED 42 § 3.--THE HIERARCHY 85 III.--THE FREE 127 § 1.--POLITICAL LIBERALISM 128 § 2.--SOCIAL LIBERALISM 152 § 3.--HUMANE LIBERALISM 163 PART SECOND: _I_ 201 I.--OWNNESS 203 II.--THE OWNER 225 I.--MY POWER 242 II.--MY INTERCOURSE 275 III.--MY SELF-ENJOYMENT 425 III.--THE UNIQUE ONE 484 INDEX 491 PUBLISHER'S PREFACE