The Real Philosophers Are Commanders and Law-Givers

The philosopher, as a man indispensable for the morrow, has ever found himself. His enemy has always been the ideal of his day. The real philosophers are commanders and law-givers - thus shall it be. They determine first the wither and the why of mankind. In putting the vivisector's knife to the breast of the very virtues of their age they have betrayed their own secret.