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