But if crime and desire are not the law of the entire universe, if they do not reign at least over a specified territory, they are no longer unifying principles, but ferments of conflict. They are no longer the law, and man returns to chaos and confusion. Thus it is necessary to create from all these fragments a world that exactly coincides with the new law. The need for unity, which Creation leaves unsatisfied, is fulfilled, at all costs, in a microcosm. The law of power never has the patience to await complete control of the world. It must fix the boundaries, without delay, of the territory
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I'd imagine this is where Camus is alluding to rebels. Criminal rebels who are hedonistic, are the "master", but rebel against the world, isn't the world somewhat a superior? Isn't Sade a rebel too?
