Full Idea
It is a sign of a proposition's being elementary that there can be no elementary proposition contradicting it.
Gist of Idea
If a proposition is elementary, no other elementary proposition contradicts it
Source
Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [1921], 4.211)
Book Reference
Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Pears)', ed/tr. Pears,D. /McGuinness,B. [RKP 1961], p.89
A Reaction
It is a hallmark of atomic atoms that they have no relations with other atoms, but are wholly independent. This obviously invites the question of how they are united. Are logical connectives intrinsically relational logical atoms?
Related Idea
Idea 21683 Nothing can be inferred from an elementary proposition [Wittgenstein]