Bourbaki

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Theory of Sets, chapter II, § 1. Collectivizing relations

There exists no set of which every object is an element; in other words, "not (∃X)(∀x)(x∈X)(\exists X)(\forall x)(x \in X)" is a theorem. For if there were such a set, then by C52 every relation would be collectivizing. But we have seen (no. 4) that the relation x∉xx \notin x is not collectivizing.

Bourbaki sets the proof directly after the statement, and the corpus does not separate them, so what is above is the statement and its proof together.

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Transcribed from the printed edition, 2004, Springer. Not translated.