Marquis de Sade
1740-1814
1740-1814
aka: Donatien Alphonse-François de Sade
French writer, critic, libertine, etc....
famous for having the word sadism derived from
his name
born Paris
Jesuit education
married, 3 children
wrote erotic, pornographic articles and books,
often with violence involved
spent 32 years of his life in prisons and insane
asylums for his writings and life events.
French writer, critic, libertine, etc....
famous for having the word sadism derived from
his name
born Paris
Jesuit education
married, 3 children
wrote erotic, pornographic articles and books,
often with violence involved
spent 32 years of his life in prisons and insane
asylums for his writings and life events.
| You must have heard about de Sade from whose name 'sadism' has been coined. De Sade seems to have been the greatest lover in the world! He used to carry a suitcase with him, just like a doctor's suitcase, with all the instruments. Of course he was far more modern than Vatsyayana. Why scratch with your nails if you can have beautiful instruments to scratch with? Why bite with your teeth if you can have devices? And as a Western man, technology-oriented, he had all kinds of instruments in his bag... --Osho Zen, Zest, Zip, Zap, and Zing, ch. 3 |
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