Nietzsche too was an escapist

he's was an escapist - worse than most he criticises for the same. like an ascetic, he threw himself into his writing to escape the world.
his personal life was pathetic, but he tries to boost his ego by transforming himself into an intellectual legend and shitting on others. he was full of resentment!
he fails to see his aesthetic imaginations and emotions generally as escape behaviour (interestingly, Sartre doesn't make the same mistake).
his enthusiasm is not convincing at all.
he was a loser.
but being a loser, he also knew what losers were like, so his critique is insightful.

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