Full Idea
All states and communities are something lower than the individual, but necessary kinds for his higher development.
Gist of Idea
Individual development is more important than the state, but a community is necessary
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Works (refs to 8 vol Colli and Montinari) [1885], 10/7[98]), quoted by John Richardson - Nietzsche's System 2.4 n104
A Reaction
This indicates why Nietzsche should not really be taken as a political thinker, though I would say there is a sort of communitarianism implied in this, just as for Aristotle virtue is supreme, which needs social expression.
Book Reference
Richardson,John: 'Nietzsche's System' [OUP 2002], p.122
Related Idea
Idea 20368 There are no 'individual' persons; we are each the sum of humanity up to this moment [Nietzsche]