(Barcelona, ​​1942-2013) studied philosophy in Spain and Germany and was Professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities at the University Pompeu Fabra. He reported his thought through multiple trials, including notably Drama and identity (1973), Treaty of Passion (1978), The beautiful and sinister (National Essay Prize 1983), The Limits of the World (1985) town city (2001) and the trilogy that form boundary Logic (1991), the age of the spirit (1995 Barcelona city award) and border reason (1999).

He carried out a profound reflection on the human condition, man as an inhabitant of the limit, in the border area between being and nothingness from which it derived its relationship with the divine, with the sacred and transcendent that made him a mestizo being, different, the "philosopher limit." Eugenio Trias was one of the most prestigious and internationally renowned Spanish philosophers, as evidenced by the fact that, in 1995, was the first Spanish philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche awarded the International Prize. In Spain, he received numerous awards and was doctor honoris causa by several universities, including the University of Madrid.