Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Interesting Facts

• The book consists of seven main propositions, each with its own sub-propositions developing the main idea.
• Wittgenstein asserts that the limits of our language are the limits of our world.
• The book was written during World War I, when Wittgenstein served in the Austro-Hungarian army.
• The main idea of the book is that philosophical problems arise from a misunderstanding of the logic of our language.
• Wittgenstein uses symbolic logic to analyze the structure of language and asserts that the world consists of facts, not things.
• The book had a significant impact on the development of analytical philosophy and logical positivism.
• Wittgenstein believed that many philosophical questions are meaningless because they cannot be expressed in a logically correct form.