也許大家覺得我思故我在應該是 Je pense donc je suis
因為 Descartes 是法國人
但是似乎這位舉世著名的理性論者
當初寫下這句話的原文是拉丁文
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cogito, ergo sum
(Latin: “I think, therefore I am”), dictum coined in 1637 by Rene Descartes
as a first step in demonstrating the attainability of certain knowledge.
It is the only statement to survive the test of his methodic doubt (q.v.).
The statement is indubitable, Descartes argued, because even if an all-powerful
demon were to try to deceive me into thinking that I exist when I do not,
I would have to exist for the demon to deceive me.
Therefore, whenever I think, I exist.
Furthermore, he argued, the statement
“I am” (sum) expresses an immediate intuition,
not the conclusion of dubious reasoning, and is thus indubitable.
Whatever I know, I know intuitively that I am.
"cogito, ergo sum."
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<http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9024658> [Accessed November 17, 2005].
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