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The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude

By Étienne de La Boétie
Series: ERIS gems
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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... Read More
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La Boétie maps how power metastasizes through favors, flattery, and fear.

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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.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781967751112

Publisher: ERIS

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 November 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: ERIS

Contributors:

  • Translated by Harry Kurz

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 109.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 28g

Pages: 20

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About the Author

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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