2007-02-15 11:26:19 · 6 answers · asked by la 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
He means that he exists, and it's only his opinion. I personally don't agree that only that which thinks exists.
2007-02-15 11:33:03 · answer #1 · answered by Freddy F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can there be anything more than what you are thinking? Isn't it a little useless and overextending to possibly think that you what you don't think still exists when you don't think it? Sometimes I think about how many people on this earth must be having sex right now, while I'm not, but I remind myself that none of it's real anyway, because only I'm real, and only for this moment.
2007-02-15 14:00:03 · answer #2 · answered by locusfire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Descartes had it backward but for some arcane reason people have loved to quote this particular piece of his thought process for a long time.
Frankly, I think he was completely wrong.
I am therefore I think. I think..
2007-02-15 13:14:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Existence is consciousness - being aware that you exist.
2007-02-15 11:34:43 · answer #4 · answered by trypanophobic34 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He maintained that everything could called into doubt,the one thing that could not be doubted was that he thought.
2007-02-15 11:50:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
that was his proof of his own existence.
2007-02-15 11:49:02 · answer #6 · answered by borderline5600 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋