The supreme being is indeed the essence of man, but, just
because it is his essence and not he himself, it remains
quite immaterial whether we see it outside him and view it
as "God," or find it in him and call it "Essence of Man" or
essence nor my essence, and therefore it is all one in the
main whether I think of the essence as in me or outside me.
Nay, we really do always think of the supreme being as in
both kinds of otherworldliness, the inward and outward, at
once; for the "Spirit of God" is, according to the Christian
view, also "our spirit," and "dwells in us". It dwells in heaven
and dwells in us; we poor things are just its "dwelling," and,
if Feuerbach goes on to destroy its heavenly dwelling and
force it to move to us bag and baggage, then we, its earthly
apartments, will be overcrowded.
(It's better to create than destroy what's unnecessary)
Monday, July 7, 2008
The Ego And His Own - pg. 33
Labels: Max Stirner
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