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When we say: Every word in language signifies “something”, we have, so far, said nothing whatsoever. What really comes before our mind when we understand a word? – Isn’t it something like a picture? Can’t it be a picture? Could someone understand the word “pain” that has never felt pain? A rose is red in the dark too?
When we say: Every word in language signifies “something”, we have, so far, said nothing whatsoever. What really comes before our mind when we understand a word? – Isn’t it something like a picture? Can’t it be a picture? Could someone understand the word “pain” that has never felt pain? A rose is red in the dark too?
Approximate author period: c. 1920 AD · modern
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- Ludwig Wittgenstein
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- Approximate author period: c. 1920 AD · modern
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Supplied reference B; unit 1049; PDF page 111; printed attribution: Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein
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