Talk:modern

not comparable?

"more modern/most modern" each ~ 4 mio hits @ Google

"More modern warfare", "most modern library", ...

LinguistManiac Fri Apr 30 15:59:31 CEST 2010

Weird definitional contradiction
The second definition for "modern" reads: "Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography." But if you click the link to "modern period", the definition for "modern period" reads: "The period following postclassical history (in Europe known as the "Middle Ages"), spanning from about 1500 to the present." So one definition claims the modern period starts around 1800 and the other 1500. There's a BIG difference between 1500 and 1800. Wiktionary should not contradict itself like this. Should we pick one or the other definition, or should both definitions be noted for both "modern" and "modern period"? 83.233.199.37 09:06, 30 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Also, in reference to the Modern period of philosophical thought, 'modern' traditionally refers to philosophy that falls inclusively between Descartes and Kant (with the latter as a bounding figure). I agree with you that the historiographical definition needs serious rewriting. HegelianPotato (talk) 20:24, 1 October 2023 (UTC)