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Full Idea
A proposition is essentially a unity, and when analysis has destroyed the unity, no enumeration of constituents will restore the proposition.
Gist of Idea
A proposition is a unity, and analysis destroys it
Source
Bertrand Russell (The Principles of Mathematics [1903], §054)
Book Ref
Russell,Bertrand: 'Principles of Mathematics' [Routledge 1992], p.50
A Reaction
The question of the 'unity of the proposition' led to a prolonged debate.