# 5.135 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

Wittgenstein asserts that there is no logical inference from the existence of one state of affairs to the existence of another entirely different state of affairs.

## Themes in this chapter

### Logical Atomism

The independence of atomic facts is emphasized, denying necessary connections between distinct states of affairs.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition

## Key lines

> In no way can an inference be made from the existence of one state of affairs to the existence of another entirely different from it.

No logical deduction can lead from one fact to another completely unrelated fact.

_Highlights the independence of atomic facts in logical atomism._

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