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28 paź 2022 · René Descartes’ observation that “I think, therefore I am” is one of philosophy’s most famous sayings. But what does it actually mean? This article explores Cartesian thought, particularly Descartes’ epistemology.
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- Descartes’ Skepticism
26 lis 2018 · René Descartes (1596-1650) argues you could: this belief, and almost all other beliefs, are not certain. Descartes argues that there is one clear exception, however: “I think, therefore I am.”[1] He claims to have discovered a belief that is certain and irrefutable.
18 paź 2024 · Therefore, the Descartes quote, “I think, therefore I am,” is an immediate intuition that clearly sees that in order to think, one must exist. In this way, we apprehend our existence in the very act of thought.
26 cze 2021 · “I think, therefore I am.” Have you heard this phrase before? In this brief clip, R.C. Sproul identifies the one reality that René Descartes could not escape through his doubt: his own existence.
28 wrz 2023 · "I think, therefore I am" is a statement made by French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650) in response to the skepticism generated by methodic doubt. The "Cartesian cogito", as this affirmation is known (originally in Latin “cogito ergo sum”) is the starting point of all Cartesian philosophy, that is, Descartes' philosophy.
The Latin cogito, ergo sum, usually translated into English as "I think, therefore I am", [a] 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. [1]
“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.” “Cogito ergo sum. (I think, therefore I am.) “If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.”
