Full Idea
Is being a horse an essential property of a horse? Can we so much as conceive the abstract possibility of a horse's ceasing to be a horse even while continuing to exist?
Gist of Idea
Could a horse lose the essential property of being a horse, and yet continue to exist?
Source
José A. Benardete (Metaphysics: the logical approach [1989], Ch.20)
Book Reference
Benardete,José A.: 'Metaphysics: The Logical Approach' [OUP 1989], p.146