The Desert of the I

I guess I need to start this by saying this is an I speaking. An I, an ego I mean. It does not matter how you, yes, you, may understand the notion of I, whether you believe the ego is a philosophical construct or an undeniable reality, whether I am an illusion or a personalized entity created by the power of The Almighty. I exist. I am. I will always, henceforward, assume that I exist as this independent, self-conscious I. The whole discussion about the (non) existence of the ego has no place here. This needed to be clarified first. These are, clearly, words of an egoist. An egoist is not that man who, foolishly, ‘believes’, ie, has faith, in himself. Like, say, a Muslim has faith in Allah. No, that one would be an egotist. A worshipper of his own self. An egoist simply: a) assumes he himself exists as a separate entity from all the others b) has his own person as his main, his fundamental concern on this world This does not imply either worshipping of one’s self or exclusion of all co...

 This is a place for me to share some ideas, perspectives, thoughts that occur to my mind, not necessarily in a logical or rational form, but rather in my own personal way. I think a personal blog, though completely out of fashion as of 2023, still has some value as it's rid of the popularity of the likes of Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, but allows you what these other platforms don't- the free expression of ideas in a more organized fashion. My ideas are heavily influenced by Max Stirner and his book Der Einzige und sein Eigentum ( The Ego and Its Own , 1844), and I will also try to post here essays based on the ideas of that book. I am an egoist, like Stirner, and my final aim in life is mastery of self. Whether I can achieve that or not that's another story.  Other philosophers I admire are Albert Camus, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Emil Cioran.