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Single Idea 2259

[from 'Meditations' by René Descartes, in 11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito ]

Full Idea

"I am, I exist" is necessarily true every time I utter it or conceive it in my mind.

Gist of Idea

"I am, I exist" is necessarily true every time I utter it or conceive it in my mind

Source

René Descartes (Meditations [1641], §2.25)

Book Reference

Descartes,René: 'Discourse on Method/The Meditations', ed/tr. Sutcliffe,F.E. [Penguin 1968], p.103


Related Idea

Idea 18453 Intelligence is aware of itself, so the intelligence is both the thinker and the thought [Porphyry]