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Who was Louis-Sebastien Mercier?


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a

An actor  

b

A novelist

c

A politician

d

A singer

answer is A.

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The French novelist Louise-Sebastien Mercier, who lived in the eighteenth century, is credited with making the following proclamation: "The printing press is the most potent engine of development, and public opinion is the force that will sweep oppression away." The heroes of many of Mercier's novels undergo a metamorphosis as a result of the act of reading. They devour books, become immersed in the worlds that books generate, and ultimately achieve enlightenment as a result of this activity. Mercier, who was convinced that the printed word had the potential to bring about enlightenment and dismantle the foundations of despotism, proclaimed, "Tremble, therefore, tyrants of the world! Shudder in fear of the computer-generated writer.
 
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Who was Louis-Sebastien Mercier?