“On the contrary, to educate rational people, that should be sufficient; it is not really intended for sensible people; to understand things and conditions, there is the matter ended,—to understand oneself does not seem to be everyman's concern.”

—  Max Stirner, book The False Principle of our Education

Source: The False Principle of our Education (1842), p. 22

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