Full Idea
In a number-statement, something is predicated of a concept.
Gist of Idea
In a number-statement, something is predicated of a concept
Source
Gottlob Frege (Review of Husserl's 'Phil of Arithmetic' [1894], p.328)
Book Reference
-: 'Mind July 1972' [-], p.328
A Reaction
A succinct statement of Frege's theory of numbers. By my lights that would make numbers at least second-order abstractions.
Related Idea
Idea 17460 A statement of number contains a predication about a concept [Frege]