- Franz Boll
Franz Boll (1867-1924) 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",, [ [http://www.rudolfhsmit.nl/p-betw2.htm Astrology between religion and science (Abstract+Article) ] at www.rudolfhsmit.nl] 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.". [ [http://www.paleolithicartmagazine.org/pagina103.html Editorial 2002 ] at www.paleolithicartmagazine.org]Works
* "Studien über Claudius Ptolemäus" (1894)
* "Sphaera" (1903)
* "Zenit- und Aequartorialgestirne am babylonischen Fixsternhimmel" (1913) withAugust Kopff andCarl Bezold
* "Aus der Offenbarung Johannes" (1914)
* "Sternglaube und Sterndeutung; Die Geschichte und das Wesen der Astrologie" (1917) with Bezold; later editions with Wilhelm Gundel
* "Kleine Schriften " (1950) edited by Viktor StegemannNotes
External links
* [http://cura.free.fr/xxv/24ness.html Historians of Astrology - by Lester Ness (Changchun University of Technology) ] at cura.free.fr
* [http://members.optusnet.com.au/~gtosiris/page9i.html Some Modern Historians of Ancient Occidental Astral Sciences ] at members.optusnet.com.au
* [http://members.optusnet.com.au/~gtosiris/page11-29.html History of Constellation and Star Names ] at members.optusnet.com.au
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