Contrapositive

"Contrapositive" in a Sentence (2 examples)

"He who thinks is. The contrapositive thereof is: he who is not does not think. But does the converse of this hold as well: that he who does not think is not?" "That rock over there does not think, and yet it is."

The contrapositive of a true statement is true.

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