[Ger., = status rerum (Grimm).] Esp. with reference to the philosophy of Wittgenstein, a state of affairs, an objective fact. 1922 B. RUSSELL in Wittgenstein's Tractatus 9 "Facts which are not compounded of other facts are what Mr Wittgenstein calls Sachverhalte." JLS **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003) ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html