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

>>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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>>1259855
what is his philosophy even about

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

>>1260030
Dicks and balls.

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