Tyrannophilic

Nietzsche knows as much about the power of the slave as Hegel does, but in his tyrannophilic phase he cannot reconcile himself to what he knows, cannot gaily grant the slave a place in the dialectical commedia of the whole.

Thus, we do know, for instance, that Socrates associated with tyrannophilic youths, and that he discussed with them political questions and issues pertaining to their self-interest appropriately defined.

But I want to argue that this presentation is driven by a deep compulsion in Nietzsche, one that reasserts itself throughout his work and that binds together his tyrannophilic and his leveling tendencies.