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“For a large class of cases -- though not for all -- in which we employ the word ''meaning'' it can be defined thus: the meaning of a word is its use in the language.” quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein — Download Open image

“For a large class of cases -- though not for all -- in which we employ the word ''meaning'' it can be defined thus: the meaning of a word is its use in the language.”

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One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

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