cogito

Definitions


[ˈkəʊdʒɪtəʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the principle establishing the existence of a being from the fact of its thinking or awareness
(e.g: Augustine gives a memorable earlier version of the Cartesian cogito)


Phrases:

Origin:
Latin, ‘I think’, in Descartes's formula (1641) cogito, ergo sum ‘I think therefore I am’




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