Who was Mercier? What were his views about books?
Answer:
- Mercier was a novelist in the 18th century.
- He declared that “the printing press is the most powerful engine of progress and public opinion is the force that will sweep despotism away.”
- In many of Mercier’s novels, the heroes are transformed by the acts of reading.
- Mercier believed that power of print will bring down despotism.