Activity

the conscious rendition of inditement not only rings true but serves essential functons

A distinction of Frege, a Wittgenstein-era titan: to mention a word or phrase is to speak about it, w/ at least implicit quotation marks: e.g., "Kate" is a four-letter name; to use a word or phrase is to mention its referent: e.g., Kate is by default the main character of Wittgenstein's Mistress.

flouts the ordinary cingula of "sense"

a sustained error that practically compels misprision