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In a strict usage the same
symbol
should never represent the act of sincerely asserting something and the content of what is asserted. For the symbolic distinction between the two, Frege has introduced the 'signpost'
symbol
.... p is to signify the actual assertion of p, while the bare
symbol
p must henceforth be used only as part of a sentence.... It should be clear from the modality of a sentence whether it is a question, a command, an invective, a complaint or an allegation of fact.
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A declaratory sentence can be asserted, because it is an incomplete
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, of indeterminate modality; while a question, a command, an invective, or any other sentence of fixed intention can no more be asserted than could my act of hewing wood or of drinking tea.
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There are periods in history when change is necessary, and other periods when it is better to keep everything for the time as it is. The art of life is to be in the rhythm of your age.
Oswald Mosley
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Born:
March 11, 1891
Died:
February 22, 1976
(aged 84)
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