SUMMARY - Discourse On Voluntary Servitude: Why People Enslave Themselves To Authority By Etienne De La Boetie

Written by Shortcut Edition

Narrated by Digital Voice Mike G

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

By reading this summary, you will learn that for La Boétie, freedom is the only purpose of Man.

You will also learn that :

• man's servitude is due to his education;
• tyrants are masters of manipulation;
• tyrants are helped by trained disciples;
• the tyrant is not as happy as one might think.

To appease the army, Ulysses, in Homer's Iliad, advocates the power of one at the head of a country. It is better to have only one ruler than to leave power to the people. Indeed, no one would be able to make decisions and chaos would ensue. In his work, Boétie questions tyranny: why does it exist and why does the people support it?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shortcut Edition
• Release date: Feb 19, 2024
• ISBN: 9798868714375