2006-11-11 07:36:37 · 4 answers · asked by Linda L 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
yay for pop quizzes.
2006-11-11 09:52:02 · answer #1 · answered by -.- 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But there is I know not what being, who is possessed at once of the highest power and the deepest cunning, who is constantly employing all his ingenuity in deceiving me.
Doubtless, then, I exist, since I am deceived; and, let him deceive me as he may, he can never bring it about that I am nothing, so long as I shall be conscious that I am something.
So that it must, in fine, be maintained, all things being maturely and carefully considered, that this proposition (pronunciatum ) I am, I exist, is necessarily true each time it is expressed by me, or conceived in my mind.
2006-11-11 15:58:39 · answer #2 · answered by grand_admiral_jack_sparrow 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That he does think and that is the only thing that he can ultimately be sure of. Even doubting that he is thinking proves that he exists because doubting is a form of thinking.
The infamous quote "I think therefore, I am," is his.
2006-11-11 15:56:24 · answer #3 · answered by Triathlete88 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That he is aware of himself thinking, and is thus, in some way, existing.
2006-11-11 15:40:23 · answer #4 · answered by angel_deverell 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋