Quote #20
It is quite impossible for a proposition to state that it itself is true. (4.442)
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- Propositions are truth-functions of elementary propositions. (An elementary proposition is a truth-function of itself.) (5)
- The logical picture of the facts is the thought. (3)
- If I cannot say a priori what elementary propositions there are, then the attempt to do so must lead to obvious nonsense. (5.5571)
- What is the case, the fact, is the existence of atomic facts. (2)
- The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. (5.6)