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de La Boétie, Étienne

1530 - 1563

French political philosopher and magistrate, author of the foundational text on voluntary servitude and the withdrawal of consent as the means of defeating tyranny

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Books

• Discourse on Voluntary Servitude (1576)

Quotes

• Tyranny and Friendship Cannot Coexist
• Habit Makes Slavery Seem Natural
• Nature Teaches Liberty
• One Man Over Many Thousands
• Resolve to Serve No More
• The Tyrant Is Defeated by Consent Withdrawn
• The Tyrant Has Only What You Give Him

Photos

Statue of Étienne de La Boétie in Sarlat-la-Canéda (no authentic portrait survives) Tommy-Boy (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 4.0