Javier Gomá Lanzón (Bilbao, 24 May 1965) is a spanish philosopher, writer[1] and essayist,[2] author of the Tetralogía de la ejemplaridad (Tetralogy of exemplarity) and a theatrical trilogy.

His philosophical works are part of two collections: Tetralogía de la ejemplaridad (Tetralogy of exemplarity) and Filosofía mundana (Worldly philosophy).

[8] In addition to his writing awards, he has also given talks at many Spanich and foreign institutions,[9] and has frequently worked with newspapers, cultural magazines and radio.

Javier Gomá's most important philosophical works have been published in two collections: 1.- Tetralogía de la ejemplaridad (Tetralogy of exemplarity) (Taurus, 2014), the result of a philosophical project developed over a decade and made up of the following works: Imitación y experiencia [Imitation and experience] (2003), Aquiles en el gineceo (Achilles in the gynaeceum) (2007), Ejemplaridad pública (Public exemplarity) (2009) y Necesario pero imposible (Necessary but impossible) (2013).

The essays, less six that appear only in the complete collection, had been previously published in two volumes, Todo a mil (Everything at a thousand) (2012) y en Razón: portería (Ask in reception) (2014).

Gomá has also published collections of his essays and talks in Ingenuidad aprendida (Learned naïveté) (2011) and Materiales para una estética (Material for an esthetics) (2013).

After its publication in 2016 by the El Mundo newspaper, Gomá's dramatic monologue Inconsolable premiered on 28 June 2017 in the main hall of the María Guerrero Theatre in Madrid (of the Spanish National Drama Centre), directed by Ernesto Caballero de las Heras and performed by Fernando Cayo.