# 2.201 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

The picture represents reality by depicting a possibility of the existence and non-existence of atomic facts.

## Themes in this chapter

### Picture Theory of Language

The picture depicts reality by representing a possibility of atomic facts.

### Logical Atomism

The picture represents a possibility of the existence and non-existence of atomic facts.

## Key lines

> The picture depicts reality by representing a possibility of the existence and nonexistence of atomic facts.

A picture shows reality by presenting a possible arrangement of atomic facts, whether they exist or not.

_Clarifies the relationship between pictures and atomic facts._

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