'Tyrants Are Great Only Because We Are on Our Knees'

David Sahyoun, 11/12 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Syria Tyrants Fear Freedom Psychoanalysis

"Tyrants are great only because we are on our knees." This quote about individual and collective voluntary subjugation is attributed to Étienne de La Boétie, author of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude. Published in 1576, the text presents remarkably modern insights into the foundations of tyranny and the reasons for people's submission, ...