Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922) - Page 15


2.022	It is clear that, however different from the real one an imagined world may be, it must have something—a form—in common with the real world.	It is clear that, however different from the real one an imagined world may be, it must have something—a form—in common with the real world.
2.023	This fixed form consists of the objects.	This fixed form consists of the objects.
2.0231	The substance of the world can only determine a form and not any material properties. For these are first presented by the propositions—first formed by the configuration of the objects.	The substance of the world can only determine a form and not any material properties. For these are first presented by the propositions—first formed by the configuration of the objects.
2.0232	Roughly speaking: objects are colourless.	Roughly speaking: objects are colourless.
2.0233	Two objects of the same logical form are—apart from their external properties—only differentiated from one another in that they are different.	Two objects of the same logical form are—apart from their external properties—only differentiated from one another in that they are different.
2.02331	Either a thing has properties which no other has, and then one can distinguish it straight away from the others by a description and refer to it; or, on the other hand, there are several things which have the totality of their properties in common, and then it is quite impossible to point to any one of them.	Either a thing has properties which no other has, and then one can distinguish it straight away from the others by a description and refer to it; or, on the other hand, there are several things which have the totality of their properties in common, and then it is quite impossible to point to any one of them.
	For if a thing is not distinguished by anything, I cannot distinguish it—for otherwise it would be distinguished.	For if a thing is not distinguished by anything, I cannot distinguish it—for otherwise it would be distinguished.
2.024	Substance is what exists independently of what is the case.	Substance is what exists independently of what is the case.
2.025	It is form and content.	It is form and content.
2.0251	Space, time and colour (Färbigkeit colouredness) are forms of objects.	Space, time and colour (Färbigkeit colouredness) are forms of objects.
2.026	Only if there are objects can there be a fixed form of the world.	Only if there are objects can there be a fixed form of the world.