Are Stirner's and Nietzsche's axiological philosophies reconcilable?

Long story short, would Stirner consider Nietzsche spooked? I recognize that there are different views about what exactly the self is between the two of them, but I'm soley concerned with their value systems.

One way I could see this being the case is that Nietzsche's transvaluation of values is supposed to be coming up with new egoisticly oriented values, and is exploring how exactly one can "please their ego," which is where his analysis of tragedy and how his will to power tries to overcome Schopenhauer's will to life is an attempt to come up with ways of viewing the world that are more conducive with "life".

Another is that Nietzsche recognized the anti-realism of his own value system, but was pushing it because it "pleased his ego," which seems almost like the Nehamas interpretation, where Nietzsche was giving style to his life, and therefore any non-Stirnerian aspects are actually him living out a Stirnerian life. This interpretation would suggest that he was acting out the idea of his will to power asserting his values.

Is there any merit to these ideas?

Posted Apr 9, 2026, 7:56 PM UTC

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