# 4.022 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

A proposition displays its sense by showing how things would be if it were true, and it asserts that they are indeed that way.

## Themes in this chapter

### Picture Theory of Language

The proposition shows its sense, acting as a picture of reality.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the Tractatus, presenting the nature of propositions.

## Key lines

> The proposition shows its sense. The proposition shows how things stand, if it is true. And it says , that they do so stand.

A proposition displays its meaning by depicting the state of affairs that would make it true, and it claims that those affairs actually obtain.

_Clarifies the dual role of a proposition: showing its sense and asserting truth._

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