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Hui Shi

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4th century BCE Chinese philosopher of the School of Names

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According to Wikipedia, Hui Shi , or Huizi , was a Chinese philosopher during the Warring States period. A representative of the School of Names , he is famous for ten paradoxes about the relativity of time and space, for instance, "I set off for Yue today and came there yesterday." Said to have written a code of laws, Hui was a prime minister in the state of Wei.

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