- Richard Kroner
Richard Kroner (1884 - 1974) was a German
neo-Hegelian philosopher , known for his "Von Kant bis Hegel" (1921/4), a classic history ofGerman idealism written from the neo-Hegelian point of view. He was aChristian , from aJew ish background. He is known for his formulation ofHegel as 'theProtestant Aquinas '.His Jewish ancestry led him to be 'suspended' (dismissed) under Nazi legislation in 1934, from his university position at
Kiel . He was replaced briefly byHans-Georg Gadamer , a personal friend.Kroner's ideas on Hegel, including his slant from
Kierkegaard , were taken up by someexistentialist thinkers, includingLev Shestov andNikolai Berdyaev .Works
*Zweck und Gesetz in der Biologie. Eine logische Untersuchung (1913)
*Kants Weltanschauung (1914)
*Hegel. Zum 100.Todestag (1932)
*Die Selbstverwirklichung des Geistes. Prolegomena zur Kulturphilosophie (1928)
*Von Kant bis Hegel.
**1.Band: Von der Vernunftkritik zur Naturphilosophie (1921)
**2.Band: Von der Naturphilosophie zur Philosophie des Geistes (1924)
*Speculation in pre-Christian philosophy (1957)
*Selbstbesinnung. Drei Lehrstunden (1958)
*Speculation and Revelation In Modern Philosophy (1961)
*Between Faith and Thought:Reflections and Suggestions (1966)
*Freiheit und Gnade (1969)References
*"On Two Books by Richard Kroner" (1930)
Lev Shestov
*"Richard Kroner (1884-1974). Ein christlicher Philosoph jüdischer Herkunft unter dem Schatten Hitlers" (1993)Walter Asmus
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