[Part I of The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La Boétie, written 1552–53.] I see no good in having several lords: Let one alone be master, let one alone be...
Étienne de la Boétie
Of Étienne de La Boétie (1530–1563) Murray Rothbard wrote that he “has been best remembered as the great and close friend of the eminent essayist Michel de Montaigne, in one of history’s most notable friendships. But he would be better remembered, as some historians have come to recognize, as one of the seminal political philosophers, not only as a founder of modern political philosophy in France but also for the timeless relevance of many of his theoretical insights.” Read the rest of Rothbard’s introduction.
