This posthumously published work also contains its author's beetle in a box thought experiment to refute the notion of a private language.
In one section of this work, the author imagines a pot from a fairy tale that has been given the power of speech and hearing to discuss whether fairy tales talk nonsense about pain. Another section of this treatise compares the plurality of its subject to the proliferation of cards and other activities, illustrating the author's thoughts on "family resemblances." It begins with a discussion of a quote by Augustine, to distinguish between a system of communication and this work's main subject. This work, which was written as a series of numbered aphorisms and has been translated into English by G.E.M. Anscombe, also includes a thought experiment in which people write a capital S in a diary after every time they feel a particular sensation. This posthumously published work also contains its author's beetle in a box thought experiment to refute the notion of a private language. For 10 points, name this book by Ludwig Wittgenstein.
In one section of this work, the author imagines a pot from a fairy tale that has been given the power of speech and hearing to discuss whether fairy tales talk nonsense about pain.
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