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Full Idea
Grammar tells what kind of object anything is. (Theology as grammar)
Gist of Idea
Grammar tells what kind of object anything is - and theology is a kind of grammar
Source
Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigations [1952], §373)
Book Ref
Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Philosophical Investigations', ed/tr. Anscombe,E. [Blackwell 1972], p.116
A Reaction
A classic twentieth century blunder, originating in Frege and culminating in Quine, of thinking that the analysis of language is the last word in ontology.