Marquis de Sade bibliography Marquis de Sade bibliography Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, best known as the Marquis de Sade, was a French aristocrat, revolutionary and author of philosophical and sadomasochistic novels exploring such controversial subjects as rape, bestiality and necrophilia. His works evidence a philosophical mind advocating a materialist philosophy in which Nature dictates absolute freedom, unrestrained by morality, religion or law, with the pursuit of personal pleasure as its foremost principle. Besides novels, he wrote philosophical tracts, novellas, short tales, and a number of plays (many of which no longer extant). Publication, dissemination, and translation of his works have long been hindered
Francois Uys Francois Uys Francois Uys (born 12 March 1986) is a South African rugby union footballer who normally plays as a lock or flanker. He plays in the French Pro D2 competition with . Uys started his career in Johannesburg with the but, he found first-team opportunities hard to come by and in 2009 he switched to the . Initially he played mainly in the Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup competitions and even had a spell on loan at the in 2012. He made sporadic appearances for the senior team in Super Rugby after his debut in 2009 before finally nailing