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I’m looking for a phrase I once read from a philosophical composition, which roughly means “drawing a line between things that shouldn’t be distinguished from each other.” What I can vaguely recall is that its literal form involves parting the hair of something, maybe a tail.

Any clue is appreciated!

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Splitting hairs (or to split hairs) is what you are looking for.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/split-hairs

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  • That’s precisely what I was looking for. The original expression in the book consists of a proper noun with an initial ‘G,’ but I suppose that’s a variation. Many thanks!
    – Joe096
    Commented Oct 30, 2019 at 9:49

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