# 2.13 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

In the picture, the elements of the picture correspond to the objects in reality.

## Themes in this chapter

### Picture Theory of Language

This proposition establishes the correspondence between picture elements and objects, a core tenet of the picture theory.

### Logical Atomism

The mapping of picture elements to objects reflects the atomistic view that simple elements correspond to simple objects.

## Key lines

> To the objects correspond in the picture the elements of the picture.

The parts of a picture represent the objects they stand for.

_Clarifies the direct representational relationship between picture elements and objects._

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