Franz Boll
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Franz Boll was a German scholar. He became Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Heidelberg.
He is known for his editorial and biographical work on Claudius Ptolemy. He also wrote on astrology. He is quoted as saying "Astrology wants to be religion and science at the same time; that marks its essence", and "Mankind measures time using the stars. Lay people, whose knowledge is based on belief, rather than science, say: "The course of the stars determines Time," and from this, religious people drifts the saying that "Heaven guides everything on Earth."
He is known for his editorial and biographical work on Claudius Ptolemy. He also wrote on astrology. He is quoted as saying "Astrology wants to be religion and science at the same time; that marks its essence", and "Mankind measures time using the stars. Lay people, whose knowledge is based on belief, rather than science, say: "The course of the stars determines Time," and from this, religious people drifts the saying that "Heaven guides everything on Earth."
Works
- Studien über Claudius Ptolemäus (1894)
- Sphaera (1903)
- Zenit- und Aequartorialgestirne am babylonischen Fixsternhimmel (1913) with August KopffAugust KopffAugust Kopff was a German astronomer who discovered several comets and asteroids. He worked in Heidelberg, then joined the Humboldt University of Berlin where he became the Director of the Institute for Astronomical Calculation.He discovered some comets, including periodic comet 22P/Kopff and the...
and Carl BezoldCarl BezoldCarl Bezold was a German orientalist. He initially had an interest in Chinese, and translated from Syriac. He became known as an Assyriologist. Nevertheless in 1909 he edited and printed the Ge'ez epic Kebra Nagast, collating the most valuable texts and with critical notes. [Bezold, Carl... - Aus der Offenbarung Johannes (1914)
- Sternglaube und Sterndeutung; Die Geschichte und das Wesen der Astrologie (1917) with Bezold; later editions with Wilhelm Gundel
- Kleine SchriftenKleine Schriftenis a German phrase often used as a title for a collection of articles and essays written by a single scholar over the course of a career. "Collected Papers" is an English equivalent. These shorter works were usually published previously in various periodicals or in collections of papers written...
(1950) edited by Viktor Stegemann
External links
- Historians of Astrology - by Lester Ness (Changchun University of Technology) at cura.free.fr
- Some Modern Historians of Ancient Occidental Astral Sciences at members.optusnet.com.au
- History of Constellation and Star Names at members.optusnet.com.au