EGOISM’S PURPOSE AND WHYFORE.


1845-1945, Egoism

The following kicks off the first issue of the fourth volume of Georgia and Henry Replogle’s Egoism (1890) published in September, 1897. EGOISM’S PURPOSE AND WHYFORE. EGOISM’S purpose is to make the Ego—the I, master, rather than the slave of his environment. To impel him to the self-entertaining sufficiency for his psychological cravings which places […]

September 25, 2017

John Nichols Beffel at the Dill Pickle Club


1845-1945, Trevor Blake

John Nichols Beffel (1887 – 1973) was a journalist with sympathies to outsiders and anarchists. Among his many credits are pieces in the American Mercury, the Chicago Daily News, the Detroit Free Press, New Trends, the New York World, and the New York Herald Tribune among others. And, apparently, Cartoons Magazine for December 1911 (Volume […]

September 13, 2017

The case of the missing “h” and the Orthographische Konferenz von 1901


1845-1945, Bibliographic, Historical Work, Max Stirner

What does the “Orthographische Konferenz von 1901” have to do with Egoism? First, let wikipedia tell you what it was: At the Orthographic Conference of 1901 in Berlin (also known as the Second Orthographic Conference ), a common German orthography of all the German – speaking countries was established, which was largely based on Prussian orthography, […]

June 7, 2017