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Who was louis sebastien mercier ?what was his opinion about printing?

Answer 1

Louise Sebastien Mercier was a French dramatist and novelist who lived in the 18th century. He lived between 1740 and 1814 and was a moderate who participated in the French Revolution. He believed that printing press was a powerful engine that would sweep away despotism. 

Printing press facilitated the production of books in large numbers and made books affordable to most people of the society.This increased literacy and the number of readers increased. The minds of the readers were ignited with ideas of radicalism, equality, liberty and fraternity.

Answer 2

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Louise-Sebastien Mercier was a French dramatist and a novelist in the eighteenth century. He declared “The printing press a the most powerful engine of progress and public opinion is the force that will sweep despotism away.’ In most of his novels, he had shown his love for reading.

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