Anton Gunther, a German philosopher, born in Lindenau, Bohemia, about 1785, died in Vienna, Feb. 24, 1863. He studied at the university of Prague, and, after passing several years as tutor, devoted himself to theology at the college of Raab, and in 1820 was ordained priest. He passed two years at a novitiate of the Jesuits, and then took up his residence at Vienna, where he was vice director in the university and imperial censor. He became eminent as a writer on philosophical subjects. But while he combated the views of Hegel and Herbart, and endeavored to reconcile the doctrines of the Catholic church with the teachings of modern philosophy, he blamed the fathers of the church for having employed pagan conceptions in seeking to impress the truths of religion. He incurred the disapprobation of the Jesuits, and was summoned to Rome, but was prevented by ill health from attending in person. All his works were placed upon the Index Expurgatorius in 1857. They include Vorschule zur speculativen Theologie (2 vols., 1828); Peregrins Gastmahl (1830); Thomas a Scrupulis (1835); Die Juste-Milieus in der deutschen Philosophie gegenwartiger Zeit (1838); Der letzte Symboliker (1844); and Grundriss der Metaphysik (1848).