... Socrates was ugly!
Nietzsche sees in SocratesÕ physiognomy an indication of
pathology
he was an ugly nerd, but found a way of exacting revenge
and asserting his will
his rationality was a last ditch expedient Ð a
strategy
dialectics as profoundly bad manners Ð Òwhat has first to
have itself proved is of little valueÓ
in an aristocratic system one commands and gives reasons
only afterwards
Ð so Socrates was ÒrabbleÓ, a clown and buffoon
irritating, inspiring mistrust