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cogito, ergo sum

‘I think, therefore I am’; quotation from French philosopher René Descartes. The concept formed the basis of the philosophical doctrine of dualism.



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Hecht even modifies Rene Descartes, for example: his Cogito Ergo Sum (I think, therefore I am), she argues, should perhaps have been stated Dubito Ergo Sum (I doubt, therefore I am).
The story of doubt by Niose, David A. / The Humanist
Descartes's cogito ergo sum yielded to Rousseau's je sens, donc je suis.
The Culture of Sensibility: Sex and Society in Eighteenth Century ... by Porter, Roy / Journal of Social History
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