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Don't
let it bother you that the languages (
4)
and (
11) consist only of
commands. If you are inclined to say that they are
theref
ore incomplete, then ask yourself whether our
language is complete; whether it was complete before the symbolism
of chemistry and the infini
tesimal calculus were
embodied in it: for these are,
so to
speak || as it were, suburbs of our
language. (And with how many houses or streets does a
city || town begin to be a
city || town?)
One || We can
regard ou
r language as an
old || ancient
city || town,
a
quarter || the center a maze of narrow
alleys and squares, old and new houses,
& houses
with additions from various periods; and all this surrounded by a
mass of new suburbs with straight and regular streets and uniform
houses.
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One can easily imagine a language which
consisted || consists
only of commands and
announcements || dispatches || reports
in battle. – Or a language which
consisted || consists only of questions and an
expression of affirmation and
of
denial
. And || –
and countless
others || other things. – And to imagine a language means to imagine a way of
living.