Full Idea
A belief or judgement relates a mind to several things other than itself.
Gist of Idea
Belief relates a mind to several things other than itself
Source
Bertrand Russell (Problems of Philosophy [1912], Ch.12)
Book Reference
Russell,Bertrand: 'The Problems of Philosophy' [OUP 1995], p.73
A Reaction
Presumably we must say that if I believe that (say) 'x exists', this is relating x to the universal 'exists'. If so, Russell's point becomes a bit of a tautology. We believe propositions, which are combinations of concepts, so are multiple.
Related Idea
Idea 21711 Russell's 'multiple relations' theory says beliefs attach to ingredients, not to propositions [Russell, by Linsky,B]