| When a white horse is not a horse | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 白馬非馬 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | white horse is not horse | ||||||||
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When a white horse is not a horse is a paradox in Chinese philosophy attributed to Gongsun Long, a philosopher of the Warring States period. It appears in the form of a dialogue between two unnamed speakers who debate the proposition "a white horse is not a horse".