Adapted from “The Ego and His Own,” a  novel by Max Stirner, philosopher and proponent of anarchist egoism.

After the chalice of so-called absolute monarchy had been drained down to the dregs, in the eighteenth century people became aware that their drink did not taste human—too clearly aware not to begin to crave a different cup. Since our fathers were “human beings” after all, they at last desired also to be regarded as such.  Whoever sees in us something else than human beings, in him we likewise will not see a human being, but an inhuman being, and will meet him as an unhuman being; on the other hand, whoever recognizes us as human beings and protects us against the danger of being treated inhumanly, him we will honor as our true protector and guardian . . . Therefore strip off your individuality or isolation wherein dwells discord and egoistic inequality, and consecrate yourselves wholly to the true man —the nation or the State. Then you will rank as men, and have all that is man’s; the State, the true man, will entitle you to what belongs to it, and give you the “rights of man”; Man gives you his rights! . . . One must give up himself, and live only for the State. One must act “disinterestedly,” not want to benefit himself, but the State.

1) Which of the following blueprints below best summarizes the main idea of the passage? 

Adapted from “The Ego and His Own,” a  novel by Max Stirner, philosopher and proponent of anarchist egoism.

After the chalice of so-called absolute monarchy had been drained down to the dregs in the eighteenth century, people became aware that their drink did not taste human—too clearly aware not to begin to crave a different cup. Since our fathers were “human beings” after all, they at last desired also to be regarded as such.  Whoever sees in us something else than human beings, in him we likewise will not see a human being, but an inhuman being, and will meet him as an unhuman being; on the other hand, whoever recognizes us as human beings and protects us against the danger of being treated inhumanly, him we will honor as our true protector and guardian . . . Therefore, strip off your individuality or isolation wherein dwells discord and egoistic inequality, and consecrate yourselves wholly to the true man —the nation or the State. Then you will rank as men, and have all that is man’s; the State, the true man, will entitle you to what belongs to it, and give you the “rights of man”; Man gives you his rights! . . . One must give up himself, and live only for the State. One must act “disinterestedly,” not want to benefit himself, but the State.

2) What does Max Stirner identify as a reason for the transition away from monarchy? 

Adapted from “The Ego and His Own,” a  novel by Max Stirner, philosopher and proponent of anarchist egoism.

After the chalice of so-called absolute monarchy had been drained down to the dregs in the eighteenth century, people became aware that their drink did not taste human—too clearly aware not to begin to crave a different cup. Since our fathers were “human beings” after all, they at last desired also to be regarded as such.  Whoever sees in us something else than human beings, in him we likewise will not see a human being, but an inhuman being, and will meet him as an unhuman being; on the other hand, whoever recognizes us as human beings and protects us against the danger of being treated inhumanly, him we will honor as our true protector and guardian . . . Therefore, strip off your individuality or isolation wherein dwells discord and egoistic inequality, and consecrate yourselves wholly to the true man —the nation or the State. Then you will rank as men, and have all that is man’s; the State, the true man, will entitle you to what belongs to it, and give you the “rights of man”; Man gives you his rights! . . . One must give up himself, and live only for the State. One must act “disinterestedly,” not want to benefit himself, but the State.

3) In context, what does “consecrate” (in bold above) mean?