Louis-Sébastien Mercier

French dramatist and writer (1740-1814) · 1740–1814

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Louis-Sébastien Mercier (6 June 1740 – 25 April 1814) was a French dramatist and writer, whose 1771 novel L'An 2440 is an example of proto-science fiction.

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Talks · 2 Aug 2016Tribute to Jacques D'Hondt (2)

30:41A Girondin whose writings nourished the young Hegel.