The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Boétie, Étienne de la

The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781967751112)

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The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Boétie, Étienne de la

The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude

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The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Boétie, Étienne de la

The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude

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"There are only four or five who maintain the dictator... not the six thousand but a hundred thousand, and even millions, cling to the tyrant by this cord to which they are tied."

Tyranny is not imposed; it is invited. La Boétie maps how power metastasizes through favors, flattery, and fear--how millions bend the knee so a few can rise. A cold, lucid anatomy of submission, and a quiet, devastating call to end it.

Author: Étienne de la Boétie
ISBN-10: 1967751110
ISBN-13: 9781967751112
Publisher: Eris
Language: English
Published: 10/02/2025
Pages: 20
Format: Paperback
By Étienne de la Boétie
By Étienne de la Boétie
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Étienne de La Boétie (1530-1563) was a French magistrate, political theorist, and close friend of Michel de Montaigne. Best known for The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude, written when he was just eighteen, La Boétie posed a radical question that still echoes today: why do people submit to power that exploits them? Though he died young, his work quietly seeded the modern tradition of civil disobedience.

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