Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem spsbc

Description: Specialization: if a formula is true for all sets, it is true for any class which is a set. Similar to Theorem 6.11 of Quine p. 44. This is Frege's ninth axiom per Proposition 58 of Frege1879 p. 51. See also stdpc4 and rspsbc . (Contributed by NM, 16-Jan-2004)

Ref Expression
Assertion spsbc ⊢ A ∈ V → ∀ x φ → [˙A / x]˙ φ

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 stdpc4 ⊢ ∀ x φ → y x φ
2 sbsbc ⊢ y x φ ↔ [˙y / x]˙ φ
3 1 2 sylib ⊢ ∀ x φ → [˙y / x]˙ φ
4 dfsbcq ⊢ y = A → [˙y / x]˙ φ ↔ [˙A / x]˙ φ
5 3 4 imbitrid ⊢ y = A → ∀ x φ → [˙A / x]˙ φ
6 5 vtocleg ⊢ A ∈ V → ∀ x φ → [˙A / x]˙ φ