In a story by this author, the philosophy of Pomadism, which holds reality to be inferior to opinion, is preached by a “bonze” from the Kingdom of Bungo. In a story by this author, a man with the motto “plus ultra!” uses Socrates’s daemon and Pascal’s fear of the abyss to argue that almost everyone is insane. A thinker created by this author praises war with a parable about two starving tribes, inspiring his disciple to frequently mutter “to the victor, the potatoes!” In a story by this author, a psychiatrist causes a revolt by committing most of a town’s population to a green-shuttered asylum. This author parodied Social Darwinism and Positivism as “Humanitism,” the system of a philosopher who leaves his dog of the same name to his friend Rubião. For 10 points, “The Alienist” is a story by what 19th-century Brazilian author of Quincas Borba? ■END■
ANSWER: Machado de Assis [or Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis; prompt on de Assis]
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