Talk:Leonhard Euler#English pronunciation

In Leonhard Euler#Personal philosophy and religious beliefs is mentioned that Euler also labelled Wolff's ideas as "heathen and atheistic", with reference to Calinger 1996, pp. 153–154. However, in the mentioned article we read, instead, that Euler knew well that pietists and conservative theologians had labelled Wolff’s rational, mathematical philosophy as ‘‘heathen and atheistic’’ from the 1720s, and not that it was not Euler himself who labelled thus Wolff's ideas. I propose this reference to be removed or corrected. (The other one is accurate.) AresPi (talk) 13:30, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

@David_Eppstein

Doing the talk page thing, lest I draw cries of "Edit War"!

The summary for your recent revert reads:

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|text="They are collected in X" means that they can all be found as a collection in X". "They are being collected in X" means that at the present time someone is putting together a collection of them. The first is true; the second is false.

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However, the Opera Omnia Leonhard Euler is not yet complete (at least as of September 2022, according to the article). Hence, the sentence in question ending in "will consist of 81 quarto volumes" (emphasis added). So the latter is true (as someone is ostensibly still, at this present time, putting together the collection), and the former is false (until the collection is complete).

That is, unless the final publication (Volume IVA/9) has been released since September 2022. If it has been, you should update the end of the sentence and also the article for the Opera Omnia itself, rather than reverting the change.

Unless you have further objections, I'll reinstate @Toddcs's edit after some arbitrary wait. Reil (talk) 04:20, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

:Ok, with this justification, I think it's ok to reinstate the edit. But Toddcs's claim that the original was ungrammatical was incorrect. It is grammatical, it just means something different. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:22, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

:@david_eppstein Thank you for all that, especially for analyzing my change itself, in order to understand my intent, which you did perfectly.

:When I labeled my change as a grammar fix, I was giving the original writer the benefit of the doubt, that they knew the difference between "are collected" and "are being collected," but had only taken a shortcut in expressing it.

:Thanks again for analyzing my change, instead of simply relying on its annotation alone. And for essentially concurring, it seems, in my underlying observation. Toddcs (talk) 17:43, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

How is his most important work not mentioned here??? 79.106.203.40 (talk) 09:03, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

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I believe he should be denoted as Swiss-Russian-Prussian because for the majority of his life, he worked in the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia? 2001:760:2C00:1725:0:0:0:1D (talk) 06:31, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

:Did anyone at any point ever consider him a Russian or Prussian national? Remsense ‥ 论 06:32, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

::I am also doubtful that there are sources that refer to him as "Swiss-Russian-Prussian". Mellk (talk) 06:35, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

:::There definitely are. Just for example: "[https://www.google.com/search?q=Leonhard+euler+%22swiss,+russian%22&tbm=bks Swiss-Russian]", "[https://www.google.com/search?q=Leonhard+euler+%22swiss,+german%22&tbm=bks Swiss-German]". --2001:760:2C00:1725:0:0:0:1D (talk) 07:01, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

::::I see two results that use "Swiss-Russian-Prussian". How many simply say "Swiss"? Mellk (talk) 07:17, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

::::Comparatively few, and the majority of those merely "Swiss–Russian". I don't think it would be representative if you consider how many sources use only "Swiss". Remsense ‥ 论 07:19, 4 December 2024 (UTC)