The American sociologist [[Peter L. Berger]] wrote concerning the Marquis de Sade:
The American sociologist [[Peter L. Berger]] wrote concerning the Marquis de Sade:
{{Cquote|The infamous Marquis de Sade was residing in a lunatic asylum when he penned his last work, a tract entitled “One More Effort and You will be True Republicans”. That effort was for a law that every citizen would have a right of free access to the body of every other citizen.<ref>[http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/04/27/have-secularists-won-the-culture-war/ Have Secularists Won the Culture War?] by [[Peter Berger]]</ref>}}
{{Cquote|The infamous Marquis de Sade was residing in a lunatic asylum when he penned his last work, a tract entitled “One More Effort and You will be True Republicans”. That effort was for a law that every citizen would have a right of free access to the body of every other citizen.<ref>[http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/04/27/have-secularists-won-the-culture-war/ Have Secularists Won the Culture War?] by [[Peter Berger]]</ref>}}
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=== Marquis de Sade on cannibalism ===
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''See also:'' [[Atheism and cannibalism]]
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The Intercollegiate Studies Institute's website ''First Principles 1st Web Journal'' declares:
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{{cquote|If there is no God, no hell, no right and wrong, no moral responsibility, no meaning or significance beyond your pleasure, then existence is meaningless. Nothing you do matters, others do not matter, and what you do with them—and to them—does not matter. Nihilism liberates. For the Sadean egotist, then, everything is permitted. Sade incessantly rationalized the most depraved and libertine sexuality, and every crime including cannibalism and murder.<ref>[http://www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?article=520 Dostoevsky vs. Marquis de Sade] by John Attarian (MA 46:4, Fall 2004) - 08/01/08</ref>}}