Full Idea
Frege's regimentation is based on the view of the simplest sort of statement as having, not subject/predicate form (as in Aristotle), but function/argument form.
Clarification
A function is a procedure, using a value (the argument)
Gist of Idea
Frege replaced Aristotle's subject/predicate form with function/argument form
Source
report of Gottlob Frege (Begriffsschrift [1879]) by Joan Weiner - Frege
Book Reference
Weiner,Joan: 'Frege' [OUP 1999], p.37
A Reaction
This looks like being a crucial move into the modern world, where one piece of information is taken in and dealt with, as in computer procedures. Have educated people reorganised their minds along Fregean lines?