Sade’s Philosophical System in its Enlightenment ContextThis book connects the philosophy of the Marquis de Sadeone of the most notorious, iconic, and yet poorly understood figures within the history of European thoughtwith the broader themes of the Enlightenment. Rather than seeing himself as a mere pornographer, Sade understood himself as continuing the progressive tradition of French Enlightenment philosophy. Sade aspired to be a philosophe. This book uses intellectual history and the history of