Talk:Christian Wolff (philosopher)

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This sentence doesn't make sense in two ways
From the Article:

"In 1726 Wolff published his Discours, in which he again mentioned the importance of listening to music put on pregnant Chinese women[note 1], and had reworded some on Moses."

LISTENING TO MUSIC PUT ON PREGNANT CHINESE WOMEN? This phrase has no meaning to me.

MOSES PHRASE I realize there is a mention of Moses earlier but this phrase makes no sense. Jayxmn (talk) 14:48, 17 August 2017 (UTC)Jayxmn

the phrase academic drama
Appears to be a direct translation from a german source. It does not convey the very notion of the german epithet ein akademisches Drama, which isn't good german anyhow. An academic upheaval or actual animosity might be better i.m.h.O. - causing an academic drama reads as if Wolff's lecture led to one actual piece of theatrical endeavour in which the spoken word furthered the plot.77.6.70.185 (talk) 23:59, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

very odd...
"In 1726 Wolff published his Discours, in which he again mentioned the importance of listening to music put on pregnant Chinese women[note 1], and had reworded some on Moses."

Huh? Come again? Oh, you think "Note 1" will help? Well, think again.... "[Note 1] What happened in Halle should not be seen as an isolated case, but as trendy and fashionable. Around 1720 Chinese porcelain was loaded in enormous quantities to Europe. In the Albrechtsburg the Meissen porcelain manufactory had been started up to copy it and Chinoiserie was popular among artists and buyers."

This has the Odour of bot-work - I cannot imagine what the author(s) wanted to say here. Any ideas?

2001:558:6017:17F:9C8D:D6C1:E550:BCA8 (talk) 22:21, 19 November 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:558:6017:17F:9C8D:D6C1:E550:BCA8 (talk) 22:18, 19 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I was the one who added this detail somewhere between 2012 and 2014. There is nothing wrong with listening to music, pregnant or not. Even if this practice doesn't work it shows how important Chinese culture became for Europeans. Ask Chinese or Japanese women. They may have heard of this topic.Taksen (talk) 11:08, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Between Leibniz and Kant
If you can come up with another German philosopher more important than Wolff, you can delete the following sentence: Wolff was the most eminent German philosopher between Leibniz and Kant.Taksen (talk) 10:53, 17 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I just weakened the claim, have a look if the new version works as a compromise. It might be good to get a source on that claim. Another important German philosopher in that era would be Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten. Phlsph7 (talk) 10:58, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

When I checked Pageviews it confirmed which one is the most popular and where; surprisingly in the US and Spain..Taksen (talk) 08:59, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

anonymous user 146.199.172.128 claims that Diderot "endorses" Wolff.
There are problems with that assertion. (1) That a position was taken by some contributor to the Encyclopédie does not imply that Diderot himself "endorsed" that position. (2) Given that Diderot never wrote the phrase "Je soutiens M. Wolff" (I endorse Wolff), what does 146.199.172.128 mean by "Diderot endorses Wolff"? (3) There is countervailing evidence that the editors of the Encyclopédie disdained Wolff; see for example the article on définition en logique. I invite 146.199.172.128 to supply citations to the Encyclopédie that would warrant this assertion. In the absence of such evidence, the change made by 146.199.172.128 should be reverted. Belastro (talk) 17:49, 25 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I agree: we would need a reliable source for the claim that Wolff had a significant impact Diderot. Phlsph7 (talk) 18:05, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I think we have given 146.199.172.128 sufficient time to respond. I am now going to revert his change. Belastro (talk) 22:18, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Image
I just added a picture to wikicommons. Somone wants to include it? Saippuakauppias ⇄ 05:26, 11 May 2023 (UTC)