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Full Idea
A distinction of subject and predicate finds no place in my way of representing a judgement.
Gist of Idea
I don't use 'subject' and 'predicate' in my way of representing a judgement
Source
Gottlob Frege (Begriffsschrift [1879], §03)
Book Ref
'From Frege to Gödel 1879-1931', ed/tr. Heijenoort,Jean van [Harvard 1967], p.12
A Reaction
Perhaps this sentence could be taken as the beginning of modern analytical philosophy. The old view doesn't seem to me entirely redundant - merely replaced by a much more detailed analysis of what makes a 'subject' and what makes a 'predicate'.