Tractatus logico-philosophicus

A philosophical work by Ludwig Wittgenstein

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A completely generalized proposition is like every other proposition composite. (This is shown by the fact that in “(∃x, φ).φx” we must mention “φ” and “x” separately. Both stand independently in signifying relations to the world as in the ungeneralized proposition.) A characteristic of a composite symbol: it has something in common with other symbols.


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