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Marquis de Sade · 1965
Sade's Justine (1791) + Philosophy in the Bedroom (1795) + other writings. Foundational text of erotic-philosophical transgression in the Western canon — Enlightenment's dark counter-current. DISTINCT from DUR-JUS (Lawrence Durrell's Justine, Alexandria Quartet vol. 1, 1957) — DO NOT MERGE. Source for the ASN-1037 erotic-fiction wave's philosophical-transgression tier.
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What this book knows
Desire stripped of sentiment reveals power as the only true grammar of human relations, and virtue as its first victim.
erotic-as-power
'enjoy all one's rights if powerful: that's my doctrine… such you were, I raped you'
SADE-JPB-RC-583'once you concede me the proprietary right of enjoyment, that right is independent of the effects enjoyment produces'
SADE-JPB-RC-271'the keener my agonies, the more piquant seem to be my tormenter's delights'
SADE-JPB-RC-655obedience-and-authority
'the superintendent of the chamber has complete authority over us, disobedience to her is a crime'
SADE-JPB-RC-509'one must aid them, procure them contentment, remove obstacles… afford them all the means to satisfy themselves without risk'
SADE-JPB-RC-531religion-and-sex
'the four monks composing this brotherhood stand at the head of their Order… they contribute a large proportion of their property to the foundation'
SADE-JPB-RC-517Illuminates
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