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Any books which elaborate on mindsets such as that of Thrasymachus and Callicles or something similar? I'm thinking they're on to something.

>> No.14942320

>>14942311
The City and Man by Leo Strauss

>> No.14942447

>>14942311
Nietzsche was the reincarnation of Callicles. Read his response to Socrates in the chapter entitled The Problem of Socrates in the Twilight of the Idol.

>> No.14942955

>>14942320
I was more thinking about a boo dedicated to the subject as opposed to one section
>>14942447
>Reading Nietzsche without having read the entire canon before him
I'd never make it

>> No.14943090

>>14942955
The City and Man is dedicated to this subject, consider that I may know this better than you on the account I have read it and you haven't