2007-01-01 17:10:40 · 15 answers · asked by Friend 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
A thinking being.
2007-01-01 17:12:48 · answer #1 · answered by lint 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like cartesian equation to me.
Thinking what you are to justify yourself is to be self-assuming actually. Descartes did say it to assume that as long as you have thoughts, you are alive.
But I'm sure you can get that off any web search. It is just repharsing what someone said.
There is one loophole in the phrase though. Thoughts make the man only if he translate it into action. I'm sure you won't just stop at thinking, because computers and other people can do it for you.
Although we are different to animals because we rationalise, that is not true entirely. You can steal a grand from a bank and rationalise that it is okay because there are more money in the bank. That is animal instinct. You are doing something for yourself and thinking about your actions doesn't entirely make you human.
2007-01-02 02:02:12 · answer #2 · answered by itsamistake 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the scheme of things you are nowhere, because you are not a thing...the the scheme of being you are the one who has concsiousness and according to the traditional philosophy we are the highest of all being in the world.
and it is has nothing to deal with cartezian hilosophy which assumes "cogito ergo sum", which means "I think, it means that I am" :)
2007-01-09 14:41:27 · answer #3 · answered by allea 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wholeheartedly agree with TellMeWhy? answer to your question. Indeed, the quote "I think, therefore, I am" is attributed from the French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes who essentially meant in one of his works that "I am a human being; therefore, I can think and rationalize unlike the likes of other animals."
2007-01-02 01:18:08 · answer #4 · answered by Maria Gallercia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, you hit upon the fly in the ointment. Descartes' analysis doesn't go beyond proving mere existence in that particular essay, but now that you got me thinking, you can extrapolate some further information by combining with his other works. He would say you are a thinking creature created by God. That's the only other essay I studied in detail (proof of God's existence). If you get further, let me know.
2007-01-02 01:20:09 · answer #5 · answered by Benji 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing I really know for sure is that I think, so therefore I am.
2007-01-02 01:51:21 · answer #6 · answered by Lee Edward 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with a name like super kitten i got another scheme in mind
2007-01-02 01:27:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question to ask yourself is, does it follow from "I think therefore I am" to "I think what I am, therefore I am that."
2007-01-02 01:13:34 · answer #8 · answered by peacedevi 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sort of... That is part of a Popeye quote. ⪠"I am what I am, and that's all that I am, I'm Popeye the sailor man" â«
I hope this helps set the "scheme" of things straight!
MMK 2007
OK, Sorry about that; Heres the rest of it:
“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.”
“I do my thing and you do yours. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, then it is beautiful. If not, it can't be helped.”
Gestalt prayer (whatever that is!) ~ Frederick Perls quotes (German born American psychiatrist, 1893-1970)
“I am trying to figure out the exact moment my life got so ****** up.”
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
“Don't worry about life, you're not going to survive it anyway.”
“This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.”
“"A good friend will come bail you out of jail, but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying...'Damn, that was fun!'"”
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”
“Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it”
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”
“The most important things in life aren't things.”
“I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.”
“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.”
“Live life so completely that when death comes to you like a thief in the night, there will be nothing left for him to steal.”
“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure”
“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.”
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.”
“It is so soon that I am done for, I wonder what I was begun for”
“Ask me not what I have, but what I am”
“The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am”
2007-01-02 01:19:03 · answer #9 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You are a thinking,loving,intelligent human being.
2007-01-02 01:16:30 · answer #10 · answered by melbournewooferblue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋