The Twilight of the Idols - The Problem of Socrates

In which the ancient sages’ weary repudiation of life is reexamined through a lens of physiological decline and cultural degeneration, casting Socrates as a symptom rather than a solution of his time; and reason, elevated to a tyrant’s throne, reveals itself not as a beacon of health but as the last desperate measure of a civilisation in decay. In such a milieu, the paradox of Socratic wisdom unfolds, where mastery over dark passions is but another guise for suffering—an enduring struggle at the twilight of instinct and intellect.