Étienne de La Boétie

Étienne de La Boétie, is a French writer and poet. He was a humanist. He was born November 1, 1530 in Sarlat-la-Canéda, a city in the south-east of Périgord, and he died August 18, 1563 in Germignan, in the town of Taillan-Médoc, near Bordeaux. La Boétie is famous for his Discourse on Voluntary Servitude. From 1558 he was a close friend of Montaigne, who paid him posthumous homage in his Essays.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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↑ "Etienne de la Boétie (1530-1563) | Issue 136 | Philosophy Now".
↑ "Étienne de la Boétie - Against Voluntary Servitude - Discourse on the fall of tyrants".
↑ "Etienne de la Boétie - Home". Archived from the original on 2010-09-22.
↑ "Étienne de la Boétie".

[1] "Etienne de la Boétie (1530-1563) | Issue 136 | Philosophy Now".

[2] "Étienne de la Boétie - Against Voluntary Servitude - Discourse on the fall of tyrants".

[3] "Etienne de la Boétie - Home". Archived from the original on 2010-09-22.

[4] "Étienne de la Boétie".

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