Nietzsche's Zarathustra is more like a heraklitian Empedokles, dancing his last dance at the edge of the volcano of chaos.... the anti-Platon

That's definitely a point where Plato and Nietzsche diverge.

Undisciplined

Yes, that is correct. However, Nietzsche assumed that individuals would derive their own rules and ethics from a form of the categorical imperative of strength and dignity.

TomK

Agree. Initially I had some commentary similar to this effect but I deleted it and thought this week I should just leave the quote and then engage with my thoughts in the comments. 

grayruby

BooksAndArticles

Discuss this Quote- Plato

It reminds me of @TomK's recent post about Nietzsche. 

At first it seems to be saying there's no point to law, but that's really not the implication. The point is that without an enforcement mechanism there's no point to law.