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de Sade and the Curious Endpoints of Power

May 9, 2017 SpoilersBelowLeave a comment

The Marquis de Sade isn't the world's best philosopher. He's a fairly good writer and stylist, and has an alright grasp of character dynamics, but his dialogues are worse than Plato's when it comes to having one character give long speeches, and another nod, agree, and say "oh yes, you're right, you're so wise, you've [...]

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