# 3.001 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

The proposition asserts that an atomic fact is thinkable, equating thinkability with the ability to imagine it.

## Themes in this chapter

### Logical Atomism

The notion of an atomic fact is central to logical atomism.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition.

## Key lines

> An atomic fact is thinkable—means: we can imagine it.

An atomic fact can be conceived; that is, we are able to form a mental picture of it.

_Clarifies the equivalence between thinkability and imaginability for atomic facts._

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