Richard David Precht, born in 1964, is a philosopher, publicist and author and one of the most prominent intellectuals in the German-speaking world. He is an honorary professor of philosophy and aesthetics at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin.
His books such as "Wer bin ich - und wenn ja, wie viele?", "Liebe - ein unordentliches Gefühl" and "Die Kunst, kein Egoist zu sein" are international bestsellers and have been translated into more than 40 languages. 2021 saw the publication of "Von der Pflicht. A Reflection", followed in April 2022 by "Freedom for All. The end of work as we knew it". In it, he shows how the change in the world of work is changing our lives, our culture, our idea of education and ultimately society as a whole - and the enormous tasks that lie ahead for politics, in particular the restructuring of our social system towards an unconditional basic income. In 2023, he published "The Fourth Estate" together with Harald Welzer. His essay "The Century of Tolerance", published in May 2024, is a plea for a value-driven foreign policy and refers to the need for a new world order in times of international crises. In October 2025, his latest essay "Angststillstand. Why freedom of opinion is dwindling".
Since 2012, Richard David Precht has hosted the philosophy program "Precht" on ZDF. In the ZDF podcast "Lanz & Precht", Richard David Precht and Markus Lanz talk about the socially and politically relevant topics of our time. The joint No. 1 podcast has now been streamed over 100 million times on Spotify and received the Creator Milestone Award in bronze.
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