Who was the Marquee de Saude? I am not sure of the spelling.?

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Answer 1

Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, comte de
(dônäsyăN´ älfôNs´ fräNswä´ kôNt d säd) , 1740—1814, French writer and libertine. He is known as the marquis de Sade –the title he held before becoming count on his father's death (1767). Famous for his licentious prose narratives, he also wrote many essays, antireligious pamphlets, and plays. He fought in the Seven Years War, and after his marriage in 1763 he pursued a life of pleasure and was imprisoned for his scandalous conduct. Charged with numerous sexual offenses, he spent a total of 27 years of confinement in such institutions as the Bastille, the dungeon at Vincennes, and Charenton asylum. During this time he wrote such ribald classics as Justine; ou, Les Malheurs de la vertu (1791), La Philosophie dans le boudoir (1793), and Histoire de Juliette; ou, Les Prosperités du vice (6 vol., 1797).

Released for a time during the French Revolution, he succeeded in having some plays produced by the Comédie Française, and during his final confinement at Charenton he directed theatrical performances by the inmates. De Sade brought to light the controversial theory that since both sexual deviation and criminal acts exist in nature, they are therefore natural. This was in violent opposition to the spirit of his times but made him a precursor of modern psychological thought. The sexual aberration in which cruelty is inflicted in order to attain sexual release is termed sadism after him.

Generally banned for obscenity, de Sade's works were almost all published in expurgated or unofficial editions. The complete works, edited by Gilbert Lély, appeared in 1966—68 (8 vol.).

"Sade adopts positions in the extreme. He intends to shock, but there was a gentle and idealistic side to him. You see where you stand when you read Sade. He puts the bottom to literature, the worst that could be written, the worst that could be imagined. It's good to know the enemy; knowing the bottom line of human nature is a very good sign of health at the end of this violent century."

--Sade biographer Neil Schaeffer,
in an interview with the NY Times

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Answer 2

Marquis De Saude

Answer 3

The Marquis de Sade, which 'sadism' is named after, was a lord in, I think France, that was cruel to his servants and his friends, yet enjoyed this aspect of himself, that he was fully aware of. He is recorded as saying he would never changed, and despite imprisonment in prisons and asylums alike, he lived a long life and died at an old age. He wasn't very violent I believe, but had more of a cunning cruelty, manipulating people for his own benefit, being mean, and he was an infamous pervert.

Answer 4

The Marquis de Sade and Genet
Are both highly thought of today
But torture and treachery
Aren't my kind of lechery
So I've given my copies away.

Answer 5

Marquis De Sade was the perviest perv how ever lived.

Answer 6

He was known for his study of pain and sex.