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3.26

The name cannot be analysed further by any definition. It is a primitive sign.

3.261

Every defined sign signifies via those signs by which it is defined, and the definitions show the way.

Two signs, one a primitive sign, and one defined by primitive signs, cannot signify in the same way. Names cannot be taken to pieces by definition (nor any sign which alone and independently has a meaning).

3.262

What does not get expressed in the sign is shown by its application. What the signs conceal, their application declares.

3.263

The meanings of primitive signs can be explained by elucidations. Elucidations are propositions which contain the primitive signs. They can, therefore, only be under stood when the meanings of these signs are already known.