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.
Are you still just telling people to go read Nietzsche to see what he had to say about male courage and daring rather than just telling us what you think he was saying?