# 2.024 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

Substance is defined as that which exists independently of the facts or states of affairs that obtain in the world.

## Themes in this chapter

### Logical Atomism

The concept of substance as independent of what is the case aligns with logical atomism's view of simple objects that combine to form facts.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition defining substance.

## Key lines

> Substance is what exists independently of what is the case.

Substance refers to the underlying reality that remains constant regardless of which facts or situations actually occur.

_This proposition distinguishes the fixed elements of the world (substance) from the contingent arrangements of facts._

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