Richard Kroner

Richard Kroner (; 8 March 1884, Breslau – 2 November 1974, Mammern) was a German neo-Hegelian philosopher, known for his Von Kant bis Hegel (2 vols., 1921–1924), a history of German idealism written from a neo-Hegelian point of view.

He was a Christian from a Jewish background. He is known for his formulation of Hegel as 'the Protestant Aquinas'.

Biography Kroner earned his doctorate at the University of Freiburg under Heinrich Rickert in 1908.

In 1924, Victor Klemperer supported a call for Kroner to a new chair for theoretical pedagogics and philosophy at Technische Hochschule Dresden, where he became friends with Paul Tillich. .

Under Nazi legislation Kroner's Jewish ancestry as well as his principled democratic stance led to his "suspension" (dismissal) from his university position at Kiel in 1934. He was replaced briefly by Hans-Georg Gadamer, a personal friend. Kroner's ideas on Hegel, including his slant via Kierkegaard, were taken up by some existentialist thinkers, including Lev Shestov and Nikolai Berdyaev. before moving to Switzerland. He was awarded the Große Bundesverdienstkreuz.

The Kroners are buried at Richmond Cemetery.

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) The Religious Function of Imagination (1941) Culture and Faith (1951) 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)