# 2.2 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

The picture shares the logical form of representation with the reality it depicts.

## Themes in this chapter

### Picture Theory of Language

The picture and what it pictures share a logical form of representation.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition.

## Key lines

> The picture has the logical form of representation in common with what it pictures.

A picture and the thing it depicts share a common logical structure that allows representation.

_Clarifies the necessary condition for a picture to represent reality._

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