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Étienne de La Boétie
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French judge, writer and philosopher (1530–1563)

Also known as: LA BOETIE, On Voluntary Servitude, Этьен де Ла Боэси, إيتيان دو لا بويسيه, 에티엔 드 라 보에티, エティエンヌ・ド・ラ・ボエシ

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Known works

  • Le discours de la servitude volontaire (1835)
  • Memoire sur la pacification des troubles
  • Discours de la servitude volontaire, suivi du Mémoire touchant l'Édit de janvier 1562 (inédit) et d'une Lettre de m. le conseiller de Montaigne
  • Oeuvres complètes d'Estienne de La Boétie
  • Oeuvres politiques