[lit-ideas] Wittgenstein's Substance Abuse
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:05:28 EDT
"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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