# 2.225 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

Wittgenstein asserts that no picture of reality can be known to be true independently of comparison with reality itself; all pictures are contingent and must be verified against the facts they depict.

## Themes in this chapter

### Picture Theory of Language

Directly states that no picture (proposition) is a priori true, reinforcing the empirical grounding of the picture theory.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition, presenting a core tenet of the picture theory.

## Key lines

> There is no picture which is a priori true.

No representation of reality can be known to be true without being compared to the reality it represents.

_Emphasizes the empirical nature of truth in the picture theory._

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