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Theorem elssuni

Description: An element of a class is a subclass of its union. Theorem 8.6 of Quine p. 54. Also the basis for Proposition 7.20 of TakeutiZaring p. 40. (Contributed by NM, 6-Jun-1994)

		Ref	Expression
	Assertion	elssuni	$⊢ A \in B \to A \subseteq ⋃ B$

Proof

Step	Hyp	Ref	Expression
1		ssid	$⊢ A \subseteq A$
2		ssuni	$⊢ (A \subseteq A \land A \in B) \to A \subseteq ⋃ B$
3	1 2	mpan	$⊢ A \in B \to A \subseteq ⋃ B$