Discourse on Voluntary Servitude

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The Discourse on Voluntary Servitude (French: Discours de la servitude volontaire), also known in French as "le Contr'Un" [against (the power of) one, i.e. tyranny], is an essay by Étienne de La Boétie. The text was published posthumously and clandestinely in 1577.

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Image: Étienne de La Boétie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.