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 ( 𝐴𝑉 → ( ∀ 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 syl5ib ( 𝑦 = 𝐴 → ( ∀ 𝑥 𝜑[ 𝐴 / 𝑥 ] 𝜑 ) )
6 5 vtocleg ( 𝐴𝑉 → ( ∀ 𝑥 𝜑[ 𝐴 / 𝑥 ] 𝜑 ) )