I am considering a *Principle of Infinitude*, expressed as follows - for a class theory where precisely the elements are sets - with the aid of set abstracts For $\alpha(y,z)$ a first order condition so that $\forall y(\exists w(y\in w)\to \exists w (\{z|\alpha(y,z)\}\in w))$: $\forall v(\exists t (v\in t)\to\exists t(\{w|\forall x(v\in x\wedge \forall y(y\in x\to \{z|\alpha(y,z)\}\in x)\to w\in x)\}\in t))$ The set abstracts can be eliminated with the following Mendelsonian abstraction schema: $\forall x(x\in \{x|\alpha\}\leftrightarrow\exists y(x\in y)\wedge\alpha)$ It is immediate that we will get the existence of $\omega$, as well as the least transitive closure of all sets; moreover, several further instances of replacement will hold. May Z with Infinitude, instead of just the existence of an infinite set, justify the Recursion Theorem?