# 2.011 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

> Chapter companion for Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein.

## What happens

This proposition asserts that the possibility of being a constituent part of an atomic fact is essential to any thing.

## Themes in this chapter

### Logical Atomism

The proposition relates to the idea that things are constituents of atomic facts, a core tenet of logical atomism.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition

## Key lines

> It is essential to a thing that it can be a constituent part of an atomic fact.

For any object, being able to combine with other objects to form a basic state of affairs is a necessary property of that object.

_Clarifies the necessary relation between objects and atomic facts._

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