[lit-ideas] Wittgenstein's Substance Abuse

"It's best to understand Wittgenstein's use of  'substance' as an abuse on 
the part of the reader to throw the ladder after  climbing the book."


substance abuse orig. U.S., the misuse of any  substance for its narcotic 
or stimulant effects; drug or alcohol abuse; cf.  ABUSE n. 2 a. 
1975 U.S. News & World Rep. 24 Nov. 29/3 J. Irvin Nichols,  administrator 
of the office of *substance abuse services in the Michigan  Department of 
Public Health, narrows the comparisons to alcohol and marijuana.  1984 J. 
DIDION Democracy (1985) I. ix. 44 A clinic on East 61st Street that  
specialized 
in the treatment of what the therapist called adolescent substance  abuse.

JLS

"Die gegenstaende bilden der substanz der  welt. Atchoo".  

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