Three life masters
Essay
Fayard, June 2009
Socrates Jesus Buddha is also available as an audiobook from Audiolib .
The text is read by Laurent Jacquet.
It received the "Plume de Paon 2010" audiobook award.
www.laplumedepaon.com
Furthermore, Frédéric Lenoir received the Louis Pauwels Prize 2010 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 genuine progress? What are the conditions for a harmonious social life?
Against a purely materialistic view of humanity and the world, Socrates, Jesus, and Buddha stand as three masters of life. They never confine life to a closed and dogmatic conception. Their words have resonated through the centuries without aging a day, and beyond their differences, they agree on the essential: human existence is precious, and everyone, wherever they come from, is called to seek truth, to know themselves in their depths, to become free, and to live in peace with themselves and with others. A humanist and spiritual message that directly answers the fundamental question: why do I live?
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What the press says about it
"Informative and fascinating," Jean-Marie Guénois, Le Figaro
"A really good read," Mathias Deguelle, France Inter