# 5.22 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

Wittgenstein defines an operation as the expression of a relation between the structures of its result and its bases, emphasizing the formal connection in logical operations.

## Themes in this chapter

### Logical Atomism

The definition of operation in terms of structural relations aligns with the logical atomist view of complex propositions built from simpler ones.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition defining operation as a structural relation.

## Key lines

> The operation is the expression of a relation between the structures of its result and its bases.

An operation shows how the logical form of the output is related to the logical forms of the inputs.

_Clarifies the formal nature of operations in logical syntax._

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