2.04 The totality of existing states of affairs is the world.

See above and 1.1, from which we have not progressed except in terms of the addition of definitions which may or may not prove to be useful.

Black (p. 69): “The chief novelty [in 2.04-2.063] is the introduction of the puzzling notion of reality (die Wirklichkeit).” Putting 2.04 and 2.06 together, we might expect a contrast between ‘the world’ and ‘reality,’ but 2.063 shoots that expectation down. Perhaps, Black suggests, the terms are synonymous, with ‘total reality’ emphasizing the negative aspects of the world.