Fernando Savater  

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Fernando Fernández-Savater Martín (born 21 June 1947 at Basque city of San Sebastián) is a Spanish philosopher, essayist and author.

Early years and career

Born in San Sebastián, he was an Ethics professor at the University of the Basque Country for over a decade. Presently he is a Philosophy professor at the Complutense University of Madrid. He has won several accolades for his literary work, which covers issues as diverse as contemporary ethics, politics, cinema and literary studies. In 1990, Savater and columnist and publisher, Javier Pradera, founded the magazine, Claves de Razón Práctica.

Bibliography

• Nihilismo y acción (Nihilism and Action) (1970)
• Ensayo sobre Cioran (Essay on Cioran) (1974)
• Panfleto contra el Todo (A Proclamation against Everything) (1978)
• Criaturas del aire (1979);
• Caronte aguarda (Charon Awaits) (1981)
• La tarea del héroe (The Task of the Hero) (1981)
• Invitación a la ética (An Invitation to Ethics) (1982)
• La infancia recuperada (Childhood Recovered) (1983)
• Sobre vivir (On Living -and Surviving) (1983)
• Las razones del antimilitarismo y otras razones (The Reasons for Antimilitarism and Other Reasons) (1984)
• El contenido de la felicidad (The Contents of Happiness) (1986)
• Ética como amor propio (Ethics as Self-Esteem) (1988)
• Ética para Amador (Ethics for Amador) (1991)
• Política para Amador (Politics for Amador) (1992)
• Sin contemplaciones (Straight Talk) (1993)
• Despierta y lee (Wake Up and Read) (1998)
• Las preguntas de la vida (The Questions of Life) (1999)
• Perdonen las molestias (Sorry for Disturbing) (2001)
• El Gran Laberinto (The Great Labyrinth) (2005)
• Ética de Urgencia (Importunate Ethics) (2012)