Black-and-white dualism
Metaphorical contrast of white and black / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Dark and light" redirects here. For other uses, see Dark and Light.
"Darkness and light" and "Light and darkness" redirect here. For other uses, see Darkness and Light and Light and Darkness.
The contrast of white and black (light and darkness, day and night) has a long tradition of metaphorical usage, traceable to the Ancient Near East, and explicitly in the Pythagorean Table of Opposites. In Western culture as well as in Confucianism, the contrast symbolizes the moral dichotomy of good and evil.
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