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       It can never express the common characteristic of two objects that we
designate
denote
 them by the same name but by two different ways of designation, for, since names are arbitrary, we might ⌊also⌋ choose different names, & where then would be the common element in the designations? Nevertheless one is always tempted, in a difficulty, to take refuge in different ways of designation.
 

(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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