Was Nietzsche really individualist? Post-Socrates version

Nietzsche has a reputation for being an individualist. Yet frequently Nietzsche rejects individualism and elements that go into a full account of individualism. For example, note this from his The Struggle Between Science and Wisdom:

“Beginning with Socrates, the individual all at once began to take himself too seriously” (SSW 132).

Nietzsche’s sometimes-yes-sometimes-not individualism is complicated. For more, check out my “Egoism in Nietzsche and Rand” (audio version; text version).

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