August Dorner
# August Dorner

August Johannes Dorner (13 May 1846 in Schiltach, Württemberg – 17 April 1920 in Hannover) was a German Protestant theologian. He was the son of Isaak August Dorner.

## Biography

After studying at Göttingen, Tübingen and Berlin, he served as vicar to the German congregation in Lyon and Marseilles. From 1870 to 1873 he was a lecturer at the University of Göttingen, then worked as a professor of theology and as co-director of the theological seminary at Wittenberg (1874-1889). In 1889 he was appointed professor of systematic theology at the University of Königsberg.

## Published works

Amongst his works is Augustinus : sein theologisches System und seine religionsphilosoph Anschauung ("Augustinus, his theological system and its religious-philosophical viewpoint", 1873). His other principal writings include:

* Das menschliche Handeln : philosophische Ethik, 1895 – Human action: philosophical ethics.
* Die Entstehung der christlichen Glaubenslehren, 1906 – The emergence of Christian doctrines.
* Individuelle und soziale Ethik, 1906 – Individual and social ethics.
* Pessimismus, Nietzsche und naturalismus, mit besonderer beziehung auf die religion, 1911 – Pessimism; Nietzsche and naturalism with a special reference to religion.
* Die Metaphysik des Christentums, 1913 – The metaphysics of Christianity.
* Also, he was the author of the article on Isaak Dorner in the Allgemeine deutsche Biographie.

## Legacy

Dorner is commemorated in the naming of the August-Dorner-Ring in Lantershofen, Grafschaft.

