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Full Idea
From Socrates onwards arete [virtue] is misunderstood - first it had to reestablish itself over and over, and yet it did not want to do this on an individual basis! But rather tyrannically 'good for all!'.
Gist of Idea
After Socrates virtue is misunderstood, as good for all, not for individuals
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 25[208])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.58
A Reaction
Why not both? The virtues of a good citizen can't be private, but we are all allowed to develop virtues that concern us alone.