The purpose of this text is to analyze three philosophical themes contained in two works by the Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom (1785) and the Notes on “The Days at Florbelle” (1806-1807). Despite the time between one and the other, both have similarities in the way they were intended to be written, such as the approach to certain topics, for which it was decided to analyze them together. It begins with the conception of human nature, opposing it to the contractualist conceptualization, which was the dominant one at the time. Secondly, there is the criticism of what today can be called a deterministic conception of sex-gender, emphasizing the naturalness of gender diversity, instead of the epochal approach as deviation or aberration. Thirdly, there is another criticism directed at what is currently called compulsory and normative heterosexuality, based on the disconnection between sex-gender and sexual preference, while appealing to its naturalness. In methodical matters, the work follows an approach typical of analytical philosophy, showing and comparing textual evidence extracted from both works. It is concluded that, despite the brutality that textual narratives entail, in theoretical approaches, Sade was making a philosophical advance in the approach and criticism of the issues in question
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