Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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Objects are described as colorless, meaning they lack any specific properties or qualities in themselves.
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Objects are described as colorless, meaning they lack any specific properties or qualities in themselves.
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- Logical Atomism
Objects are colorless, indicating they are bare particulars without intrinsic properties.
Key passages
“Roughly speaking: objects are colourless.”
Objects themselves have no inherent qualities or properties.
Objects are neutral substrates that combine to form states of affairs.
