Cogito

One of the most famous expressions of this 'idealism' was stated by the French scholar and philosopher, Rene Descartes, who wrote in Latin: 'Cogito, ergo sum' - 'I think, therefore I am'.

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One of the most famous expressions of this 'idealism' was stated by the French scholar and philosopher, Rene Descartes, who wrote in Latin: 'Cogito, ergo sum' - 'I think, therefore I am'.

Towards the RDP of the soul 2006

One of the most famous expressions of this "idealism" was stated by the French scholar and philosopher, Rene Descartes, who wrote in Latin: "Cogito, ergo sum."

4th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture 2006

"Ra, very true. (by the way, it's" Cogito "not Cognito) ra wrote on Apr 17, 2009 8: 08 AM:

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Just 17 years after that, in the very same year in which he famously wrote “Cogito ergo sum” (“I think, therefore I am”), René Descartes took time out from philosophical musings to note that, “Experience shows that water that has been kept for a long time on the fire freezes sooner than other water.”

The Mpemba Effect ewillett 2010

Cogito, ergo purgato: I think, therefore I am cleaning.

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Just 17 years after that, in the very same year in which he famously wrote “Cogito ergo sum” (“I think, therefore I am”), René Descartes took time out from philosophical musings to note that, “Experience shows that water that has been kept for a long time on the fire freezes sooner than other water.”

The Mpemba Effect ewillett 2010

The last Randian response to the "chatterers" that you quote, Bryan, looks an awful lot like Descartes 'famous Cogito argument (on one common interpretation): doubt that one exists is impossible because doubting is a kind of thinking, and thinking requires a thinker who exists.

Ayn Rand, Wise Philosopher Despite Some Bad Arguments, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009