Individualism and History

Nietzsche's Dionysian anti-Individualism is a continuation of Schopenhauer's quasi-Buddhist undermining of that central tenet of Modern Philosophy.  But, an earlier, alternative, means to that end is implicit in the works of Vico.  For, his hypothesis that human history is constituted by a general pattern entails that the activities of individual members of the race are determined by a force other than self-motivation.  Now, whether or not Schopenhauer is familiar with Vico, he surely is with Kant, and, hence, with the latter's thesis that human history is secretly determined by Nature, from which the illusoriness of individual volition can easily be inferred.  So, though Schopenhauer does not recognize the anti-Individualism that is potential in any concept of History, Nietzsche does.