Full Idea
All the major problems were formulated before Socrates.
Gist of Idea
All the major problems were formulated before Socrates
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 26[064])
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.149
A Reaction
So much for it all being 'footnotes to Plato'! Nietzsche's lectures on the pre-Socratics are in print. Given how little survives, this idea is surprising. Nietzsche knew enough to infer a lot of what is lost.
Related Idea
Idea 7719 European philosophy consists of a series of footnotes to Plato [Whitehead]