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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter

2.0212 explained

This proposition asserts that without simple objects, it would be impossible to construct any picture of the world, whether true or false.

What happens

This proposition asserts that without simple objects, it would be impossible to construct any picture of the world, whether true or false.

Themes in this chapter

  • Logical Atomism

    The proposition depends on the existence of simple objects as the foundation for picturing the world.

  • Picture Theory of Language

    Directly addresses the possibility of forming pictures of the world.

Characters to notice

Key passages

  • It would then be impossible to form a picture of the world (true or false).

    Without simple objects, no representation of reality—whether accurate or inaccurate—could be constructed.

    Clarifies the necessity of simples for any picturing relation.