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On the contrary, such an equation merely says that 20 yards of linen or nothing else than 20 yards of linen, a definite quantity of the use-value linen.

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Page 38: If then we leave out of consideration the use-value of commodities, they have only one common property left, that of being products of labour.

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When treating of use-value, we always assume to be dealing with definite quantities, such as dozens of watches, yards of linen, or tons of iron.

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Page 36: “The utility of the thing makes it a use-value.”

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Page 43: The use-value, coat, linen, &c., i.e., the bodies of commodities, are combinations of two elements – matter and labour.

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Section 1: “The two factors of a commodity: use-value and value (the substance of value and the magnitude of value)”

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The value of the commodity linen is expressed by the bodily form of the commodity coat, and the value of one by the use-value of the other.

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Some sorts of truth are lies, and these sorts are the very ones that have the greatest use-value to life that desires to realise and live.

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Then one use-value is just as good as another, provided only it be present in sufficient quantity … As use-values, commodities are, above all, of different qualities, but as exchange-values they are merely different quantities, and consequently do not contain an atom of use-value.

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Here we are introducing the term use-value, which becomes important when distinguished from exchange-value.

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