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“Names stand only || only stand for what is an element || elements of reality. || “A Name only stands for what is an element of reality. What || For what cannot be destroyed, – what remains the same throughout all change.” But what is that || this? – While we were speaking || saying the sentence already it came into || already was || was already before our minds. We expressed a very || an entirely definite idea. A particular image || picture that || which we want || we wish to use. For experience does not show us these elements. We see components || parts of something complex || things made up of parts (a chair, for instance). We say the back is a part of the || a chair, but is itself made up of various pieces of wood; || , whereas a foot is a simple component || part. We see also || also see a whole which changes (which is destroyed) while its components || parts remain unchanged. These are the materials out of which we produce || form that picture of reality.

(2015–) Wittgenstein Source Bergen Nachlass Edition (WS-BNE). Edited by the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen under the direction of Alois Pichler. In: Wittgenstein Source, curated by Alois Pichler (2009–) and Joseph Wang-Kathrein (2020–). (N) Bergen: WAB.




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