Three masters of life
Essay
Fayard, June 2009
Socrates Jesus Buddha has also been released as an audiobook by Audiolib .
The text is read by Laurent Jacquet.
It was awarded the "Plume de Paon 2010 favorite" audiobook prize.
www.laplumedepaon.com
Furthermore, on May 18, 2010, Frédéric Lenoir received the 2010 Louis Pauwels Prize from the Société de Gens de Lettre for this work .
Presentation
The crisis we are experiencing is not simply economic and financial, but also philosophical and spiritual. It raises universal questions: What makes human beings happy? What can be considered true progress? What are the conditions for a harmonious social life?
Against a purely materialistic vision of man and the world, Socrates, Jesus and Buddha are three masters of life. A life that they never confine in a closed and dogmatic conception. Their words have crossed the centuries without aging, and beyond their differences, they agree on the essential: human existence is precious and everyone, wherever they come from, is called to seek the truth, to know themselves in their depths, to become free, to live in peace with themselves and with others. A humanist and spiritual message, which answers directly the essential question: why do I live?
Translations
Germany: PIPER
Brazil: OBJETIVA
Bulgaria: COLIBRI
Korea: MINDCUBE
Italy: MONDADORI
Japan: KASHIWASHOBO
Netherlands: TEN HAVE
Romania: EDITURA PARALELA 45
Thailand: KOBFAI PUBLISHING
Vietnam: HOA SEN UNIVERSITY PRESS
What the press says about it
“Instructive and fascinating,” Jean-Marie Guénois, Le Figaro
“A really good read,” Mathias Deguelle, France Inter