Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem vprc

Description: The universal class is not a member of itself (and thus is not a set). Proposition 5.21 of TakeutiZaring p. 21; our proof, however, does not depend on the Axiom of Regularity. (Contributed by NM, 23-Aug-1993)

Ref Expression
Assertion vprc
|- -. _V e. _V

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 vnex
 |-  -. E. x x = _V
2 isset
 |-  ( _V e. _V <-> E. x x = _V )
3 1 2 mtbir
 |-  -. _V e. _V