(Sektion 45 : Philosophische Untersuchungen von Ludwig Wittgenstein

The demonstrative "this" can never be bearer-less. One could say: "So long as a this exists, then the word 'this' has a meaning, wehter this is simple or complex."--But that does not make the word a name. Rather, a name is not demonstrated with the gesture of pointing, but only explained by it.

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