Full Idea
Words function only in propositions, like the levers in a machine.
Gist of Idea
Words function only in propositions, like levers in a machine
Source
Ludwig Wittgenstein (Lectures 1930-32 (student notes) [1931], A I.4)
Book Reference
Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Lectures in Cambridge 1930-32', ed/tr. Lee,Desmond [Blackwell 1980], p.2
A Reaction
Hm. Consider the word 'tree'. Did you manage to do it? Was it just a noise?