Full Idea
Egoism! But no one has ever asked: what kind of ego! Instead, every person automatically assumes that the ego of every ego is equal.
Gist of Idea
Egoism should not assume that all egos are equal
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 25[287])
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.74
A Reaction
This is his first step in his defence of some form of egoism. Presumably 'higher' people should be egoists, and the rest should join the herd.