cogito, ergo sum

Latin

Etymology

First written in French by René Descartes, a 17th century French philosopher, in Discourse on the Method (1637) as je pense donc je suis, which he later expressed in Latin in Principles of Philosophy (1644).

Pronunciation

Phrase

cōgitō, ergō sum

  1. I think therefore I am
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