When1: 1785
When2: 1800
Who: Marquis de Sade [Sade, Marquis de] or Donatien Alphonse François, Counte de Sade [Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, Counte de]
What: philosopher
Where: Paris, France
works\ 120 Days of Sodomy [1785: essay]; Justine [1791: novel]; Philosophy of the Bedroom [1793: essays]; Juliette [1797: novel]; Crimes of Love [1800: novel]
Detail: He lived 1740 to 1814 and studied sexual motives, sadism, and masochism. People are sums of their inherited qualities and so do not have personal responsibility for behavior. People can have sexual pleasure {sadomasochism} by inflicting pain or cruelty on others {sadism, Sade} or on oneself {masochism, Sade}.
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