... 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