# 5.524 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

Wittgenstein argues that given the totality of objects, all objects are thereby given, and similarly, given the elementary propositions, all elementary propositions are given.

## Themes in this chapter

### Logical Atomism

The proposition reflects the logical atomist view that the world consists of simple objects and elementary propositions.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition.

## Key lines

> If the objects are given, therewith are all objects also given. If the elementary propositions are given, then therewith all elementary propositions are also given.

Once all simple objects are specified, the entire set of objects is determined; similarly, once all elementary propositions are specified, the entire set of elementary propositions is determined.

_Clarifies the completeness of the logical framework._

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