Does Marquis de Sade hold any merit as a philosopher? He's

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Anonymous 2016-06-08 22:25:35 Post No. 1259855 [Report]

Does Marquis de Sade hold any merit as a philosopher?
He's listed as such on Wikipedia.

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Anonymous 2016-06-08 22:34:24 Post No.1259901
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Anonymous 2016-06-08 22:34:24 Post No.1259901 [Report]

>>1259855
No. It's the same idea being repeated over and over. More interesting to think about than to actually read.

And he's not that interesting to think about.

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Anonymous 2016-06-08 22:45:40 Post No.1259944
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Anonymous 2016-06-08 22:45:40 Post No.1259944 [Report]

Women are happiest on leashes

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Anonymous 2016-06-08 23:00:20 Post No.1260030
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Anonymous 2016-06-08 23:00:20 Post No.1260030 [Report]

>>1259855
what is his philosophy even about

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Anonymous 2016-06-08 23:11:16 Post No.1260096
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Anonymous 2016-06-08 23:11:16 Post No.1260096 [Report]

I found Bataille's understanding of him as written in Erotism: Deatn and Sensuality to be interesting.

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Anonymous 2016-06-08 23:14:05 Post No.1260114
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Anonymous 2016-06-08 23:14:05 Post No.1260114 [Report]

>>1260030
Dicks and balls.

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Anonymous 2016-06-09 12:06:25 Post No.1261876
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Anonymous 2016-06-09 12:06:25 Post No.1261876 [Report]

His writing isn't scholarly, but his ideas were both relevant to his time and ahead of their time.