“The contrary of every matter of fact is still possible; because it can never imply a contradiction. … That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible, and implies no more contradiction than the affirmation, that it will rise. We should in vain therefore, attempt to demonstrate its falsehood.”
– David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
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