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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

By Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Translated by C. K. Ogden.

Table of Contents Titlepage Imprint Introduction Dedication Epigraph Preface Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 1 1.1 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.2 1.21 2 2.01 2.011 2.012 2.0121 2.0122 2.0123 2.01231 2.0124 2.013 2.0131 2.014 2.0141 2.02 2.0201 2.021 2.0211 2.0212 2.022 2.023 2.0231 2.0232 2.0233 2.02331 2.024 2.025 2.0251 2.026 2.027 2.0271 2.0272 2.03 2.031 2.032 2.033 2.034 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.061 2.062 2.063 2.1 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.131 2.14 2.141 2.15 2.151 2.1511 2.1512 2.15121 2.1513 2.1514 2.1515 2.16 2.161 2.17 2.171 2.172 2.173 2.174 2.18 2.181 2.182 2.19 2.2 2.201 2.202 2.203 2.21 2.22 2.221 2.222 2.223 2.224 2.225 3 3.001 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.031 3.032 3.0321 3.04 3.05 3.1 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.141 3.142 3.143 3.1431 3.1432 3.144 3.2 3.201 3.202 3.203 3.21 3.22 3.221 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.251 3.26 3.261 3.262 3.263 3.3 3.31 3.311 3.312 3.313 3.314 3.315 3.316 3.317 3.318 3.32 3.321 3.322 3.323 3.324 3.325 3.326 3.327 3.328 3.33 3.331 3.332 3.333 3.334 3.34 3.341 3.3411 3.342 3.3421 3.343 3.344 3.3441 3.3442 3.4 3.41 3.411 3.42 3.5 4 4.001 4.002 4.003 4.0031 4.01 4.011 4.012 4.013 4.014 4.0141 4.015 4.016 4.02 4.021 4.022 4.023 4.024 4.025 4.026 4.027 4.03 4.031 4.0311 4.0312 4.032 4.04 4.041 4.0411 4.0412 4.05 4.06 4.061 4.062 4.0621 4.063 4.064 4.0641 4.1 4.11 4.111 4.112 4.1121 4.1122 4.113 4.114 4.115 4.116 4.12 4.121 4.1211 4.1212 4.1213 4.122 4.1221 4.123 4.124 4.1241 4.125 4.1251 4.1252 4.126 4.127 4.1271 4.1272 4.12721 4.1273 4.1274 4.128 4.2 4.21 4.211 4.22 4.221 4.2211 4.23 4.24 4.241 4.242 4.243 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.3 4.31 4.4 4.41 4.411 4.42 4.43 4.431 4.44 4.441 4.442 4.45 4.46 4.461 4.4611 4.462 4.463 4.464 4.465 4.466 4.4661 4.5 4.51 4.52 4.53 5 5.01 5.02 5.1 5.101 5.11 5.12 5.121 5.122 5.123 5.124 5.1241 5.13 5.131 5.1311 5.132 5.133 5.134 5.135 5.136 5.1361 5.1362 5.1363 5.14 5.141 5.142 5.143 5.15 5.151 5.1511 5.152 5.153 5.154 5.155 5.156 5.2 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.231 5.232 5.233 5.234 5.2341 5.24 5.241 5.242 5.25 5.251 5.252 5.2521 5.2522 5.2523 5.253 5.254 5.3 5.31 5.32 5.4 5.41 5.42 5.43 5.44 5.441 5.442 5.45 5.451 5.452 5.453 5.454 5.4541 5.46 5.461 5.4611 5.47 5.471 5.4711 5.472 5.473 5.4731 5.4732 5.47321 5.4733 5.474 5.475 5.476 5.5 5.501 5.502 5.503 5.51 5.511 5.512 5.513 5.514 5.515 5.5151 5.52 5.521 5.522 5.523 5.524 5.525 5.526 5.5261 5.5262 5.53 5.5301 5.5302 5.5303 5.531 5.532 5.5321 5.533 5.534 5.535 5.5351 5.5352 5.54 5.541 5.542 5.5421 5.5422 5.5423 5.55 5.551 5.552 5.5521 5.553 5.554 5.5541 5.5542 5.555 5.556 5.5561 5.5562 5.5563 5.557 5.5571 5.6 5.61 5.62 5.621 5.63 5.631 5.632 5.633 5.6331 5.634 5.64 5.641 6 6.001 6.002 6.01 6.02 6.021 6.022 6.03 6.031 6.1 6.11 6.111 6.112 6.113 6.12 6.1201 6.1202 6.1203 6.121 6.122 6.1221 6.1222 6.1223 6.1224 6.123 6.1231 6.1232 6.1233 6.124 6.125 6.1251 6.126 6.1261 6.1262 6.1263 6.1264 6.1265 6.127 6.1271 6.13 6.2 6.21 6.211 6.22 6.23 6.231 6.232 6.2321 6.2322 6.2323 6.233 6.2331 6.234 6.2341 6.24 6.241 6.3 6.31 6.32 6.321 6.3211 6.33 6.34 6.341 6.342 6.343 6.3431 6.3432 6.35 6.36 6.361 6.3611 6.36111 6.362 6.363 6.3631 6.36311 6.37 6.371 6.372 6.373 6.374 6.375 6.3751 6.4 6.41 6.42 6.421 6.422 6.423 6.43 6.431 6.4311 6.4312 6.432 6.4321 6.44 6.45 6.5 6.51 6.52 6.521 6.522 6.53 6.54 7 Endnotes Colophon Uncopyright Imprint

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Introduction

Mr. Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, whether or not it prove to give the ultimate truth on the matters with which it deals, certainly deserves, by its breadth and scope and profundity, to be considered an important event in the philosophical world. Starting from the principles of Symbolism and the relations which are necessary between words and things in any language, it applies the result of this inquiry to various departments of traditional philosophy, showing in each case how traditional philosophy and traditional solutions arise out of ignorance of the principles of Symbolism and out of misuse of language.

The logical structure of propositions and the nature of logical inference are first dealt with. Thence we pass successively to Theory of Knowledge, Principles of Physics, Ethics, and finally the Mystical (das Mystische).

In order to understand Mr. Wittgenstein’s book, it is necessary to realize what is the problem with which he is concerned. In the part of his theory which deals with Symbolism he is concerned with the conditions which would have to be fulfilled by a logically perfect language. There are various problems as regards language. First, there is the problem what actually occurs in our minds when we use language with the intention of meaning something by it; this problem belongs to psychology. Secondly, there is the problem as to what is the relation subsisting between thoughts, words, or sentences, and that which they refer to or mean; this problem belongs to epistemology. Thirdly, there is the problem of using sentences so as to convey truth rather that falsehood; this belongs to the special sciences dealing with the subject-matter of the sentences in question. Fourthly, there is the question: what