"There is an amazing convergence between all the great philosophical and spiritual currents of the world around fundamental qualities to develop in order to lead a good and happy life. This is what I call the 5 pillars of wisdom: knowledge, love, ethics, presence and acceptance. Beyond their cultural or metaphysical differences, the messages of Buddha, Lao-tse, Socrates, Plato, Epicury, Jesus, Epictetus, Rûmi, Montaigne or Spinoza agree on essential principles that help us gain freedom, love, conscience, serenity and joy." FLThis book by Frédéric Lenoir combines depth and accessibility to help us live better in a world in full change. A real treatise on happy life, but also a small manual of inner resistance in the face of contemporary challenges that put to the test the human and the living.Frédéric Lenoir is a philosopher and sociologist. He produced and animated on France Culture The Racines of the sky. A veritable treatise on happy life, but also a small manual of inner resistance in the face of contemporary challenges that put to the test the human and the living. Frédéric Lenoir is a philosopher and sociologist. He has produced and animated on France Culture The Racines of the theatre, written tens of the television, which he has been translated into two times. Author of the same times. Author of the two times.