Philosophy in the Bedroom an active part in this brutality and even declaring her wish to kill her mother. Dolmancé eventually calls in for a servant who has syphilis to rape Eugénie's mother. Eugénie sews up her vagina and Dolmancé her anus to keep the polluted seed inside and she is then sent home in tears, knowing her daughter has been lost to the corrupt, libertine mentality of Dolmancé and his accomplices. Spanish director Jesús Franco has made two films based on "Philosophy in the Boudoir": "" (1970), a.k.a. "De Sade '70" and "Eugenie (Historia de una perversión)" (1980). Italian director Aurelio Grimaldi also
The lion, the boar and the vultures often deceived and should only be placed in God. A century later, at the end of several civil conflicts, Roger L'Estrange’s reflection was ultimately sceptical: “There are several sorts of men in the world that live upon the sins and the misfortunes of other people…for the wrangling of some is the livelihood of others.” He lists those who gain as lawyers, religious divines and soldiers. In the 18th century William Somervile adapted the theme of the profits of combat going to others, giving it the contemporary context of bear-baiting in his fable of “The Dog and the Bear”. There Towser