Charles Matthews wrote:
Ed Poor wrote
Gdansk doesn't "have an English
name". It has an
official Polish name, and it has also had a German
name.
Can't agree with that. It was always called Dantzig in the past. From the
Lech Walesa/Solidarity period onwards it was called Gdansk very prominently.
That's what we call it now.
Yes, but using Gdansk exclusively is sometimes a bit confusing in
historical context, especially when dealing with Germans (such as Arthur
Schopenhauer) who were from what they (and English-speakers at the time)
called "Danzig", since it is often referred to as Danzig in contemporary
historical works as well (modern biographies of Schopenhauer, for
example). I think we should just say something like "German philosopher
from from Danzig (present-day Gdansk, Poland)", possibly with alternate
wording.
-Mark