Full Idea
The way to mean a fact is to assert it; the way to mean a simple is to name it.
Clarification
'Simples' are his basic 'logical atoms' (see Idea 6114)
Gist of Idea
To mean facts we assert them; to mean simples we name them
Source
Bertrand Russell (Logical Atomism [1924], p.156)
Book Reference
Russell,Bertrand: 'Russell's Logical Atomism', ed/tr. Pears,David [Fontana 1972], p.156
A Reaction
Thus logical atomism is a linguistic programme, of reducing our language to a foundation of pure names. The recent thought of McDowell and others is aimed at undermining any possibility of a 'simple' in perception. The myth of 'The Given'.