It can never express the common characteristic of two objects that we denote || designate 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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