Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
First publication date: 1576
Genre: essay
Original title: Le discours de la servitude volontaire
Original language: Middle French
Main subject: political philosophy, obedience, slavery, subject
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The Discourse on Voluntary Servitude (French: Discours de la servitude volontaire) is an essay by Étienne de La Boétie. The text was published clandestinely in 1577. The date of preparation of the Discourse on Voluntary Servitude is uncertain: according to recent studies it was composed by Étienne de La Boétie during his university education. According to his closest friend Michel de Montaigne, the speech was written when La Boétie was about 18 years old. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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21The will to bondage
being the 1577 text of the "Discours de la servitude volontaire" in parallel with the 1735 translation as "A discourse of voluntary servitude"Date of publication: 1974ISBN-13: 978-0-87926-018-7- Date of publication: 1975ISBN-13: 978-0-914156-11-6
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