Credited with influencing the philosophies of Nietzsche and Ayn Rand and the development of libertarianism and existentialism, this prophetic 1844 work challenges the very notion of a common good as the driving force of civilization. By examining the role of the human ego, author Max Stirner chronicles the battle of the individual against the collective — showing how, throughout history, the latter invariably leads to oppression.
Stirner begins with a study of the individual ego and then traces its subjugation from ancient times to the nineteenth century. Nothing escapes his indictment: the ancient philosophers, Christianity, monarchism, the bourgeois state; all have fettered individuals with laws, morality, and obligations. Revolutions expunge one evil only to replace it with another, and Stirner predicted — years before the publication of Marx's Manifesto — that socialism would climax in the ultimate totalitarian state.
For students of political science and philosophy, this book is essential reading. For those concerned about the encroachment of authority upon individual liberty, Stirner articulates a philosophy that remains unsurpassed in its scope.

This work aims to contribute to the strengthening of the capacity and ability of those - civilian or military - who wish to assume public responsibility in the life of their country. It is true that policy must intervene in the planning of military actions, where the strategy is fully implemented; It is also true that the politician without preparation, knowledge, thought or strategic sensitivity will certainly create serious damage to the conduct of his country, to a future chosen in time of Peace.

After a long and tiresome train journey through Sicily, Alberto Caeiro and his strange traveling companion arrive at a village on the South-West coast of the island, with the intention of visiting Filippo, an old sculptor of whom they have heard about.

Between Caeiro and this sullen Sicilian artist-peasant, sculpting heads on the rocks and trees of his farm overlooking the Mediterranean, a singular dialogue is established, the guiding thread of this amazing meeting in a land of farmers and fishermen. Under the burning sun of Sicily, the two travelers enter a labyrinthine world of ancestral tales and beliefs, traversing the narrow paths that separate reality from illusion.