![]() There are varying accounts of the tale but story goes that this polymath crafted a silver bullet from the knob of his teapot (or the handle of a sugar bowl), had it blessed by the castle chaplain, retreated to his library and shot himself in the head. Even the matter of his death was a (dark) reflection of his grandiose life. This was a man who exemplified the Age of Reason paradigm of all knowledge is worth knowing. Judging by the milestones that he achieved throughout his lifetime, it is plain to see that Potocki was a restless individual. ![]() During his sweeping and storied life, Potocki amassed a larger than life CV, which included being one of the first aeronauts, a novice Knight of Malta, an army officer engineer, a political activist (to a variety of causes), an ethnographical researcher, a publisher and a supposed freemason. This Polish noble was a mover and a shaker on the European stage during the late Enlightenment era. ![]() Count Jan Potocki seems like he stepped out of a grand piece of adventure fiction. ![]()
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