Nietszche was also a philologist first and foremost and wrote extensively on the topic, albeit in his own irascible style rather than the dry and paternal regis

Nietszche was also a philologist first and foremost and wrote extensively on the topic, albeit in his own irascible style rather than the dry and paternal register of Russell and similar. Which is no accident in either case, as their rhetorical and philosophical heritage trace precisely to the pre-Socratic and Socratic traditions that they identify with.