William Henry Rolph

William Henry Rolph (born August 26, 1847 in Berlin ; † August 1, 1883 there ) was a German entomologist . Rolph taught at the University of Leipzig from the winter semester of 1876 to the winter semester of 1879 .

His work Biological Problems was published in 1882 , an expanded edition was published posthumously. Nietzsche's reading of the text influenced his conception of the “will to power”, as Rudolf Steiner wrote in his Nietzsche obituary in Vorwärts . There is evidence of a copy in Nietzsche's library that has been underlined several times.

Individual evidence

↑ Cf. David Marc Hoffmann: On the history of the Nietzsche archive. Berlin; New York: de Gruyter 1991. p. 479 .
↑ Cf. for example Marie-Luise Haase: “Nietzsche and ...” In: R. Reschke, V. Gerhardt (ed.): Aesthetics and Ethics according to Nietzsche (= yearbook of the Nietzsche Society, vol. 10). Berlin: Akademie Verlag 2003. pp. 17–34, here p. 25 .

literature

Biological problems. At the same time as an attempt at a rational ethics. Leipzig: Engelmann 1882. (2nd, greatly expanded edition 1884.)

Web links

Overview of the courses of William Henry Rolph at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1876 to winter semester 1879)

personal data
SURNAME	Rolph, William Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 26, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	August 1, 1883
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Cf. David Marc Hoffmann: On the history of the Nietzsche archive. Berlin; New York: de Gruyter 1991. p. 479 .

[2] Cf. for example Marie-Luise Haase: “Nietzsche and ...” In: R. Reschke, V. Gerhardt (ed.): Aesthetics and Ethics according to Nietzsche (= yearbook of the Nietzsche Society, vol. 10). Berlin: Akademie Verlag 2003. pp. 17–34, here p. 25 .