Ludwig Wittgenstein Quote

For a large class of cases — though not for all — in which we employ the word meaning it can be explained thus: the meaning of a word is its use in the language.


§ 43, this has often been quoted as simply: The meaning of a word is its use in the language. - Philosophical Investigations (1953)


For a large class of cases — though not for all — in which we employ the word meaning it can be explained thus: the meaning of a word is its use...

For a large class of cases — though not for all — in which we employ the word meaning it can be explained thus: the meaning of a word is its use...

For a large class of cases — though not for all — in which we employ the word meaning it can be explained thus: the meaning of a word is its use...

For a large class of cases — though not for all — in which we employ the word meaning it can be explained thus: the meaning of a word is its use...