Who among the following believed that books could change the world and liberate society?

Isaac Newton

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Louise-Sebastien Mercier

Thomas Paine

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C. Louise-Sebastien Mercier

Louise-Sebastien Mercier proclaimed the transformative power of reading, asserting that books could lead to enlightenment and challenge despotism.

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