# 2.0123 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

Wittgenstein argues that knowledge of an object entails complete knowledge of all its possible combinations in atomic facts, as these possibilities are inherent in the object's nature and cannot be discovered later.

## Themes in this chapter

### Logical Atomism

Objects contain all possibilities of their occurrence in atomic facts, reflecting the atomistic structure of reality.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition, articulating the nature of objects and their possibilities.

## Key lines

> If I know an object, then I also know all the possibilities of its occurrence in atomic facts.

Knowing an object means understanding every way it can combine with others to form basic states of affairs.

_Emphasizes the inherent determinacy of an object's combinatorial potential._

> A new possibility cannot subsequently be found.

No new way for the object to occur in atomic facts can be discovered later.

_Reinforces that the object's nature fully determines its possible relations._

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