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Aldous Huxley

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

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Aldous Huxley means that De Sade fully committed to challenging and overturning traditional values and social norms without compromise. He sees De Sade as unique in history for consistently pushing radical ideas to their absolute limits.

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