Die Gegenstande bilden die Substanz der Welt. Darum konnen sie nicht zusammengesetzt sein. Hätte die Welt keine Substanz, so würde, ob ein Satz Sinn hat, davon abhängen, ob ein anderer Satz wahr ist. 2.021 Die Gegenstande bilden die Substanz der Welt. Darum konnen sie nicht zusammengesetzt sein. 2.0211 Hätte die Welt keine Substanz, so würde, ob ein Satz Sinn hat, davon abhängen, ob ein anderer Satz wahr ist. Literally: The 'again-stand' (plural) 'build' the substance of the 'world'. Thus, they ('she') cannot be 'zusammengesetz, 'set together'. 'set to some'. Had the world no substance, then whether one 'saw' or saying 'had' 'sense' would therefore 'hang' from whether another 'saw' is 'true'. ------ Meaning: We have a chair, a little old lady, a book, and a cat on the mat. This is the substance of the world. It's useless to analyse what the old lady is composed of. That would blow up the whole universe. What's more, if she is the wife of Old MacDonald, who had a farm, she cannot be a composite. For in a world without substance, whether Old MacDonald had a farm says something would depend on the truth-conditions that _describe_ that farm ('on that farm he had some geese'), but that is _understood_. 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