ABSTRACT

Socrates used the term, the demon was neither female nor male, neither succubus nor incubus, but was neuter; he called it daimonion, which is a neutral thing. In German we would say: der Dmon, die Dmonin, or der Incubus, der Succubus, and das Dmonische. Socrates used it simply as a concept of mana, an uncanny or a peculiarly efficient thing, more than man, in a way superior to man, and in that sense to daimonion, the demoniacal. And that applies to the Superman as well as the jester, in that they are equal. The jester equals Zarathustra, because Zarathustra is equal to the Superman. The Superman is equal to a demon and the jester is equal to a demon; therefore, the jester is equal to the Superman and the Superman is equal to Zarathustra. You see, that follows logically; it is like mathematics. Now comes the major conclusion, the end of this particular argument.