Devil's Definition of "Cartesian"
CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, Cogito, ergo sum—whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, however, thus: Cogito ergo cogito sum—'I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;' as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.
Notes:
I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
Folksonomies: philosophy humore
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Meditations on First Philosophy (0.847982): dbpedia | freebase | yago
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