Full Idea
To understand a sentence means to understand a language.
Gist of Idea
To understand a sentence means to understand a language
Source
Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigations [1952], §198)
Book Reference
Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Philosophical Investigations', ed/tr. Anscombe,E. [Blackwell 1972], p.81
A Reaction
Does this make learning a language logically impossible? Helen Keller only knew one word at the beginning.