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Quotation from On Interpretation, Prior Analytics, Topics and Sophistical Refutations by Aristotle
“A sea-fight must either take place to-morrow or not, but it is not necessary that it should take place to-morrow, neither is it necessary that it should not take place, yet it is necessary that it either should or should not take place to-morrow”
On Interpretation, Prior Analytics, Topics and Sophistical Refutations, On Interpretation, Part 9, trans. E. M. Edghill (1926-1928, Oxford)
Aristotle's example in the problem of future contingents: the disjunction is necessary, but neither outcome is.
Citation: "A sea-fight must either take place to-morrow or not, but it is not necessary that it should take place to-morrow, neither is it necessary that it should not take place, yet it is necessary that it either should or should not take place to-morrow" — Aristotle, On Interpretation, Prior Analytics, Topics and Sophistical Refutations, On Interpretation, Part 9, trans. E. M. Edghill (1926-1928, Oxford). (id aristotle-organon-logic-q2)
