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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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The world is defined as the totality of all atomic facts that actually exist.
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The world is defined as the totality of all atomic facts that actually exist.
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- Logical Atomism
The world is constituted by the totality of existent atomic facts, a core tenet of logical atomism.
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“The totality of existent atomic facts is the world.”
The world consists of all the atomic facts that actually hold true.
Defines the world as the sum of all existing atomic facts.
