The speech of the voluntary bondage of Étienne de la Boétie (1530-1563) comes to light in the convulsory intellectual universe of the French Protestantism of the sixteenth century, which sees in it a pamphlet against tyranny and oppression. On the behalf of Michel de Montaigne, who left a testimony of friendship without a couple about the work and the person of the Boétie. Montaigne was also the first link at the reception of this written controversial that faces the disconcerting paradox that the natural freedom of man is removed by his own and unwavering willingness of him.

Reviews and reviews:

- «The philosophical friendship that anticipated the digital tyranny in the sixteenth century». (Babelia, February 14, 2020)

- "The discourse of the voluntary servitude of the Boétie, is the stuplable exclamation before the game of despotic power and its gentle acceptance. It is, yes, from the cry against the tyrant, but also against those who promote it and against those who do not question the reasons of the above. " (Philosophy & Co., February 18, 2020)

- "This essay of the French jurist Étienne of the Boetie (1530-1563), classic of political theory, transmits the experience of freedom and, as pericles in his commendment to the falling by Athens, the civic dimension of him stands out." (March 31, 2020)