ABSTRACT
Wittgenstein’s Tractatus is a series of propositions numbered in such a way as to indicate their respective importance within the whole and their logical dependence upon one another. 2 That a system of numeration so troublesome for an author to devise will give many useful indications to the interpreter, is a truth that has only to be stated to be acknowledged. It may fairly be assumed, for example, that the propositions beginning with the number 6 represent what he regarded as the chief results of his enquiry: this assumption is confirmed by the frequent echoes to be found in these propositions of what W said in the Vorwort.
