jiānbáitóngyì
differentiation and unification of things
- differentiation and unification of things
- Two famous paradoxes from the Warring States period School of Names. The first, associated with 公孙龙 gōngsūnlóng, argues that the qualities of hardness and whiteness are independent of the stone itself; the second, associated with 惠施 huìshī, argues that all differences are relative and all things are ultimately unified.