Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 13:04:04 -0500 (EST)
From: "Shawn P. Wilbur" <swilbur-AT-wcnet.org>
Subject: Re: "The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude."


Check with AK Press to see if they still have the Black Rose edition
(complete with intro by Murray Rothbard, but don't hold that against it
too much.) Last time i had it in stock, it was under $20 in a well-bound
trade paperback. The title used for that edition is "The Politics of
Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude." I notice there's also a
book-on-tape edition of the Discourse with Machiavelli's "The Prince."

It's an interesting read, although Boetie himself apparently disavowed his
youthful opinions in later life. Montaigne spends some time defending his
friend against charges of radicalism in "On Friendship." (For those
inclined to appreciate such things, this makes for some interesting
subtexts when Jacques Derrida picks up Montaigne's text in his own "The
Politics of Friendship.")

-shawn

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On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Old Goat wrote:

> i been trying for quite some time to get
> a copy o E'tienne de la Boe'tie's "The
> Discourse of Voluntary Servitude."  it
> was originally written (i think) in the
> 1400's but i would prefer a copy in
> modern English if that is possible -- i
> got enow trouble with langues vivantes
> let alone them from the 15th century --
> which, incidentally, began on the first
> day of the year 1401, C.E.  ;o)
> 
> any idees?
> 
>  old goat.
>  potius mori quam foedari
>  
> 
>