The important sense of point about of Frege's mark of assertion ˇsign is put perhaps ˇput best if we by say[:|in]g: it indicates clearly the beginning of the sentence. – Th[at|is] is important:
for
because
our phi[s|l]osophical difficulties concerning the nature of [| ]negation[| ] and of [| ]thinking[| ], originate spring in a sense, from ˇare due to the fact that we don't see ˇrealise that an sentence assertion not p”, or “ I believe p”, and the
assertion
sentence
p” have “p” in common, but not “ p”. (For if I hear someone say, the words “it's raining”, then I don't know what he has said if I don't know
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