# 2.203 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

The picture inherently contains the possibility of the state of affairs it represents, meaning that representation is not merely a copy but an expression of potential configurations.

## Themes in this chapter

### Picture Theory of Language

This proposition directly articulates the core idea that a picture (proposition) contains the possibility of the state of affairs it represents.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the Tractatus, presenting the picture theory of language.

## Key lines

> The picture contains the possibility of the state of affairs which it represents.

A representation inherently includes the potential configurations of the situation it depicts.

_Clarifies that representation is about possibility, not just actuality._

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