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Re:The Limits of Language by JadeNB on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @09:12AM (#10158920)
> Wittgenstein actually numbered all the paragraphs so they can be discussed individually it's so dense.

I'm not sure that this is indicative of particular density of the TLP, though; I believe that it is common practice in text-heavy scholarly works. (I can't cite any examples off the top of my head, so it's possible that my vague recollection is leading me astray.)

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Re:The Limits of Language by terminalcommand on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @10:01AM (#10159167)
Seconded. Almost all law books I possess have numbered paragraphs.
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Re:The Limits of Language by onion2k on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @10:47AM (#10159563)
In twenty years of reading philosophy books it's the only one I've encountered that does it.
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Re:The Limits of Language by handojin on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @11:33AM (#10159911)
The Ethics?

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3800/3800-h/3800-h.htm

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