If I cannot say a priori what elementary propositions there are, then the attempt to do so must lead to obvious nonsense. (Ludwig Wittgenstein)

If I cannot say a priori what elementary propositions there are, then the attempt to do so must lead to obvious nonsense.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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