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Full Idea
Our utter ignorance about the nature of the singletons amounts to sheer ignorance about the nature of classes generally.
Gist of Idea
If we don't understand the singleton, then we don't understand classes
Source
David Lewis (Parts of Classes [1991], 2.1)
Book Ref
Lewis,David: 'Parts of Classes' [Blackwell 1991], p.31