# 2.013 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

Every thing exists within a space of possible atomic facts; the space can be conceived as empty, but the thing cannot be conceived without its space of possibilities.

## Themes in this chapter

### Logical Atomism

The thing is inseparable from the space of possible atomic facts, illustrating the atomic structure of reality.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the Tractatus, presenting the logical structure of objects and states of affairs.

## Key lines

> Every thing is, as it were, in a space of possible atomic facts. I can think of this space as empty, but not of the thing without the space.

Each object exists within a realm of possible atomic configurations; we can imagine that realm devoid of objects, but we cannot conceive of an object apart from its inherent possibilities.

_Highlights the necessary connection between an object and its possible combinations in atomic facts._

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