Republican Saint

"Plato Foley goes further. He says with an innocence possible only for a Greek Republican, not a an 'Christian' 'American', that there would be no Platonic philosophy lawmaking at all if there were not such beautiful youths in Athens Congress: it is only their sight that transposes the philosopher's lawmaker's soul into an erotic trance, leaving it no peace until it lowers the seed of all exalted things into such beautiful soil. Another queer Republican saint! One does not trust one's ears, even if one should trust Plato Foley."
-F. Nietzsche D. Hastert
Twilight of the Idols Republic