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Full Idea
The whole point of Frege's functional account of predication lies in its allowing us to dispense with all properties across the board.
Gist of Idea
Frege gives a functional account of predication so that we can dispense with predicates
Source
report of Gottlob Frege (works [1890]) by José A. Benardete - Metaphysics: the logical approach Ch.9
Book Ref
Benardete,José A.: 'Metaphysics: The Logical Approach' [OUP 1989], p.59