February 7, 2008

"Je pense, donc je suis."

"Je pense, donc je suis."

Or, "I think, therefore I am." by French philosopher René Descartes.

Discuss.

-Apollo

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Actually, although stated by a French man, the original phrase was in Latin: "Cogito, ergo sum."

Ironwood Teens said...

I'm not an expert on this, but wouldn't a French philosopher write his own statement in his native language before translating it into a language such as Latin? Or was that how prevalent Latin was at the time?

-Apollo