Cogito, ergo sum
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Cogito, ergo sum
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The Latin cogito, ergo sum, usually translated into English as "I think, therefore I am", is the "first principle" of René Descartes's philosophy. He originally published it in French as je pense, donc je suis in his 1637 Discourse on the Method, so as to reach a wider audience than Latin would have allowed. It later appeared in Latin in his Principles of Philosophy, and a similar phrase also featured prominently in his Meditations on First Philosophy. The dictum is also sometimes referred to as
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Philosophical statement made by René Descartes
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2001-12-05T14:56:54Z
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2024-08-28T19:06:21Z
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