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The Inherent Wave of Being—a Treatise on Metaphysical Humanism, part X—Meaning and Law
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The Inherent Wave of Being—a Treatise on Metaphysical Humanism, part X—Meaning and Law

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Oct 19, 2018
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Meaning and Law

 We find ourselves here at the juncture of an effort to understand what law is, and how meaning relates to it.

The word law derives from proto-Germanic roots, and it means that which is laid down or fixed. (Compare the German Gesetz, which is derived from the verb to sit.   It means, in other words, something that is as it is, has been set…

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