The freest spirit that has yet existed  

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"The freest spirit that has yet existed (French: "cet esprit le plus libre qui ait encore existé") is an epithet given by Guillaume Apollinaire to French writer Marquis de Sade, first recorded in L'œuvre du Marquis de Sade (1909).

The full passage reads:

"Le marquis de Sade, cet esprit le plus libre qui ait encore existé, avait sur la femme des idées particulières et la voulait aussi libre que l'homme. Ces idées, que l'on dégagera quelque jour, ont donné naissance à un double roman: Justine et Juliette. Ce n'est pas au hasard que le marquis a choisi des héroïnes et non pas des héros."




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