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The term "libertine" originally referred to a freed slave in ancient Rome. However, by the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe, it took on a new meaning. It began to describe a person who was "free" from the shackles of religious dogma and societal expectations.

Known as libertins érudits (learned libertines), these were intellectuals who practiced "free-thinking." They used skepticism to challenge religious "superstitions" and advocated for a life guided by reason and nature. Figures like Marquis de Sade pushed these ideas to their most extreme and often disturbing conclusions, arguing that if nature is cruel, then man has the right to be cruel as well. Libertinism in Literature and Art kbyrt;by

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