Quote by Bertrand Russell

In a logically perfect language, there will be one word and no more for every simple object, and everything that is not simple will be expressed by a combination of words, by a combination derived, of course, from the words for the simple things that enter in, one word for each simple component.

In a logically perfect language, there will be one word and

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This quote suggests that in a perfectly logical language, each simple object would be represented by one word, while more complex concepts would be expressed through combinations of these words. Essentially, it proposes that a logically perfect language would have a concise and systematic structure, where every element is precisely defined and easily understood.

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