"De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history"
- Aldous Huxley
About this Quote
This quote by Aldous Huxley is describing the French thinker as well as author, Marquis de Sade. Huxley is commending de Sade for his cutting edge ideas and also ideas. He is suggesting that de Sade was the only person in background that was completely constant and also thorough in his cutting edge thinking. De Sade was a supporter of extreme distinctiveness and also believed that people should be totally free to pursue their very own wishes with no moral or social constraints. He also argued that the only method to attain real liberty was via the overthrow of existing governments and social structures. His works were very controversial as well as commonly seen as unethical, but Huxley is suggesting that de Sade was the only individual that was really regular in his cutting edge reasoning. He wanted to head to any sizes to attain his objectives as well as was not scared to rock the boat. His ideas might have been severe, yet Huxley is suggesting that de Sade was the only individual in history that was absolutely revolutionary in his thinking.
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