In this book, de Bouton explains that our pursuit of being loved and valued outweighs our pursuit of possession of anything else, but that everything we do aims to improve our standing.
Our position on the rungs of the social ladder plays a crucial role in our lives because our self-image depends heavily on what other people see in us.
But he also wonders: Is the search for prestige worth making sacrifices?
This book is the richest, most enlightening and most widespread work of De Bouton, in which it shows us the extent of the knowledge and knowledge of its author, and the abundance, elegance and originality of his ideas.