Franz Boll
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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",[1], 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."[2].
[edit] Works
- Studien über Claudius Ptolemäus (1894)
- Sphaera (1903)
- Zenit- und Aequartorialgestirne am babylonischen Fixsternhimmel (1913) with August Kopff and Carl 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 Stegemann
