That's an unfair characterization, and ignores the profound impact he's had on other intellectual giants such as Carl Jung, Herman Hesse and many others. It se

That's an unfair characterization, and ignores the profound impact he's had on other intellectual giants such as Carl Jung, Herman Hesse and many others. It seems like you're bone to pick with him is largely his elitist tone, which yes that's the whole point of his writing. He does not write for the masses, but for those striving to break out of herd mentality. To write him off as an elitist manic is to ignore who he was writing for and why.