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[from 'Logic (Encyclopedia I)' by Georg W.F.Hegel, in 11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito ]

Full Idea

The proposition 'Cogito Ergo Sum' stands at the very centre, so to speak, of the entire concern of modern philosophy.

Gist of Idea

The Cogito is at the very centre of the entire concern of modern philosophy

Source

Georg W.F.Hegel (Logic (Encyclopedia I) [1817], §64 Rem)

Book Reference

Hegel,Georg W.F.: 'The Hegel Reader', ed/tr. Houlgate,Stephen [Blackwell 1998], p.165


A Reaction

I distinguish two approaches to philosophy: the Parmenidean (which starts from the nature of being), and the Cartesian (which starts from the fact of consciousness). This remark confirms that Hegel is firmly in the latter school.