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'For the person or persons that hold dominion, can no more combine with the keeping up of majesty the running with harlots drunk or naked about the streets, or the performances of a stage player, or the open violation or contempt of laws passed by themselves than they can combine existence with non-existence'.
- Benedict de Spinoza. Political Treatise. 1677.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Philosophical Grammar 12
12. When do we understand a sentence? – When we’ve uttered the whole of it? Or while uttering it?
any understanding of a sentence – either when we’ve uttered the whole of it – or while uttering it – will be uncertain
