At first I was puzzled why there was this empty space in Montaigne’s essays where the Etienne de La Boetie sonnets once occupied. The truth is a little complicated. On his deathbed, La Boetie asked Montaigne to become executor of his writings. He specifically asked him to have published his Treatise on Involuntary Servitude. Montaigne’s … Continue reading 29. de La Boétie’s Treatise on Involuntary Servitude