Étienne de La Boétie (Sarlat, November 1st, 1530 - Germignan, August 18, 1563) was a French judge and writer, friend of Montaigne, author of the Discours of Voluntary Servitude (Discours de la servitude volontaire). November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... Events June 25 - Augsburg confession presented to Charles V of Holy Roman Empire. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events February 18 - The Duke of Guise is assassinated while besieging Orléans March - Peace of Amboise. ... Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592) was an influential French Renaissance writer, generally considered to be the inventor of the personal essay. ...

He served with Montaigne in the Bordeaux parlement and is immortalized in Montaigne’s essay on friendship. La Boétie’s writings include a few sonnets, translations from the classics, and an essay attacking absolute monarchy, Discours sur la servitude, in which he stated that tyrants have power because the people give it to them. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592) was an influential French Renaissance writer, generally considered to be the inventor of the personal essay. ... City motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem. ... Parlements (pronounced in French) in ancien régime France — contrary to what their name would suggest to the modern reader — were not democratic or political institutions, but law courts . ... Essay, a short work that treats of a topic from an authors personal point of view, often taking into account subjective experiences and personal reflections upon them. ... An interpersonal relationship is some relationship or connection between two people. ... This article is about the sonnet form of poetry. ... For related meanings see also Monarch (disambiguation) A monarchy, (from the Greek monos, one, and archein, to rule) is a form of government that has a monarch as Head of State. ...

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Étienne de La Boétie

• Text on Wikisource (http://sources.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discours_de_la_servitude_volontaire) (French)
• Text on Wikisource (http://sources.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discours_of_Voluntary_Servitude) (English)
• http://www.forget-me.net/LaBoetie/ (PDF, LaTeX format)

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Bibliography

• Œuvres complètes, Editions William Blake & Co., 1991. ISBN 2-905810602
• Discours de la servitude volontaire, Editions Mille et une nuits, 1997. ISBN 2-910233944
• Discours de la servitude volontaire, Editions Flammarion, 1993. ISBN 2-080703943