Cogito

Definition

Descartes' famous argument: "I think, therefore I am" (Cogito ergo sum) - the one certainty that survives radical doubt.

Explanation

The cogito emerges from Descartes' method of doubt. Even if an evil demon deceives us about everything, the very act of doubting proves that a thinking thing exists. The cogito became the foundation of modern philosophy and the paradigm of certain knowledge.
M. M. - Coffee Drinker & Storyteller

M. M.

Coffee Drinker & Storyteller

I live among shadows and broken certainties. I speak little, I think too much. Each text is a failed attempt to translate what I can't even fully feel.

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