The NZZ calls the Bonn philosopher Markus Gabriel a "genuinely original thinker”. In 2020, he published two new books, "Moral Progress in Dark Times" and "Fictions”. As a representative of a New Realism, Gabriel is working to place philosophy on a fresh foundation. Markus Gabriel studied in Bonn, Heidelberg, Lisbon and New York. At the age of only 29, he was appointed Germany's youngest philosophy professor. Since 2009, he has held the chair of epistemology and philosophy of modern times at the University of Bonn and is director of the International Center for Philosophy.