Is a key figure in the Spanish philosophy scene. He is director of the Juan March Foundation and the Chair of Exemplarity | CUNEF University. He is president of the Advisory Council of the José Ortega y Gasset-Gregorio Marañón Foundation, patron of the Teatro Real and member of its Advisory Council. With degrees in Classical Philology and Law, and a PhD in Philosophy, in 1993 he passed the competitive examination to join the Council of State as a lawyer, ranking first in his class. For his first book, ‘Imitación y experiencia’, in which he laid the foundations for a general theory of example and its imitation, he won the 2004 National Essay Prize. He has received many other awards for his books, which cover essays and theatre. His latest published essay is ‘Fuera de carta’ (2025), and last November saw the premiere of the theatrical version of ‘Filosofía mundana’, which will begin a tour of Spain in 2026. A regular in the media, he currently writes a Sunday column in El Mundo and contributes to the programme La Brújula on Onda Cero radio.