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Ahava_yin Posted 22 years ago
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I think, therefore I am
Hi friends,
Need your help again. I found this philosopher René Descartes's suppose-to-be-famous words: I think, therefore I am. I wonder what he was trying to say. Does it mean that human beings should have thoughts which distinguishes them from animals? Or does it carry the meaning that world exists spiritually. Look forward to your ideas. Many Thanks.
Need your help again. I found this philosopher René Descartes's suppose-to-be-famous words: I think, therefore I am. I wonder what he was trying to say. Does it mean that human beings should have thoughts which distinguishes them from animals? Or does it carry the meaning that world exists spiritually. Look forward to your ideas. Many Thanks.
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Here's a link that pretty much describes what he was saying. It puts it much more eloquently than I ever could. com/I+think+therefore+I+am "][/url]
- Here's a link that pretty much describes what he was saying.
- It puts it much more eloquently than I ever could.
- com/I+think+therefore+I+am "][/url]
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Here's a link that pretty much describes what he was saying. It puts it much more eloquently than I ever could.
[url="http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/I+think+therefore+I+am"][/url]
[url="http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/I+think+therefore+I+am"][/url]
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Hi ahava yin,
I a simple person. I just like my beer and pizza and I am a happy camper.
This meta physical stuff never held much interest.
That said, I used GuruNet ( GuruNet.com) and found the following information:
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I think; therefore I am
A statement by the seventeenth-century French philosopher René Descartes. “I think
I a simple person. I just like my beer and pizza and I am a happy camper.
This meta physical stuff never held much interest.
That said, I used GuruNet ( GuruNet.com) and found the following information:
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I think; therefore I am
A statement by the seventeenth-century French philosopher René Descartes. “I think
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haoqide,
Sorry I missed your post. We were both typing at the same time. At least we have that question covered.
Sorry I missed your post. We were both typing at the same time. At least we have that question covered.
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hehe, no problem! We're definitely thorough!
That "Dictionary of Cultural Literacy" is a good book. I used to study it in junior high school when I was briefly on the academic team, before I decided that I didn't feel like learning facts for facts' sake. Very interesting reading, though!
That "Dictionary of Cultural Literacy" is a good book. I used to study it in junior high school when I was briefly on the academic team, before I decided that I didn't feel like learning facts for facts' sake. Very interesting reading, though!
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Thank you!!!
You are just so kind to answer my weird questions. Sorry for that, hehe. Fact is that I need the answers so that I could do the same thing as what you are doing when I'm facing another group of questioners, hehe.
On the whole, you saved me. hehe
You are just so kind to answer my weird questions. Sorry for that, hehe. Fact is that I need the answers so that I could do the same thing as what you are doing when I'm facing another group of questioners, hehe.
On the whole, you saved me. hehe
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Don't neglect to point out that the so-called "Cogito" is a fallacy.
http://www.berith.org/essays/apol/apol01.html
It's circular. It assumes in the premiss what it claims to prove in the conclusion.
DesCartes is saying "I exist" must be true because "I think". But "I think"
http://www.berith.org/essays/apol/apol01.html
It's circular. It assumes in the premiss what it claims to prove in the conclusion.
DesCartes is saying "I exist" must be true because "I think". But "I think"
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Thank you CalifJim.
Your explaination is quite clear. Now I feel prepared to answer the-puzzled kids. Thank you again.
Your explaination is quite clear. Now I feel prepared to answer the-puzzled kids. Thank you again.
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