“”””Try reading Nietzsche and you will better understand the narcissism of these inordinate risk takers.””””
I think Tolstoy said something about the daring of men also, just read his books, it’s in there somewhere.
Tolstoy admired and celebrated men who were daring and sacrificed themselves for others or for a truly noble common cause. He also understood they were complex and not easily defined. Tolstoy was a veteran of the Crimean war, understood and witnessed such behavior. He could not have written “War and Peace” if he did not have that experience. He also understood human nature, as did Shakespeare, and also recognized hypocrisy and self serving posturing.