Man

"In the so-called feudal times we held everything as a fief from God, in the liberal period the same feudal realtion exists from Man. God was the Lord, now Man is the Lord; God was Mediator, now Man is; God was Spirit, now Man is. In this three fold regard the feudal realtion has experienced a transformation."

- Max Stirner



"It would be foolish to assert that there is no power above mine. Only the attitude that I take toward it will be quite another than that of the religious age: I shall be the enemy of - every higher power, while religion teaches us to make it our friend and be humble toward it."

- Max Stirner