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Cogito, ergo sum is the Latin phrase meaning "I think, therefore I am", which is the first principle of René Descartes's philosophy. It expresses the idea that the act of doubting one's own existence proves one's own existence as a thinking entity.
René Descartes (/ d eɪ ˈ k ɑːr t / day-KART or UK: / ˈ d eɪ k ɑːr t / DAY-kart; French: [ʁəne dekaʁt] ⓘ; [note 3] [11] 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) [12] [13]: 58 was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.
Learn about René Descartes' famous treatise on his method of doubt and his famous statement "I think, therefore I am". The web page also covers the book's organization, content, and influence in modern philosophy and science.
The Search for Truth by Natural Light [1] (La recherche de la vérité par la lumière naturelle) is an unfinished philosophical dialogue by René Descartes “set in the courtly culture of the ‘ honnête homme ’ and ‘ curiosité ’.” [2] It was written in French (presumably after the Meditations was completed [3]) but first published (Amsterdam, 1684) in Dutch translation in a ...
A philosophical treatise by René Descartes on metaphysics, published in Latin in 1641. It consists of six meditations, in which Descartes tries to establish what can be known for sure, starting from the doubt of everything except his own existence as a thinking thing.
Descartes' Le Monde, 1664 The World, also called Treatise on the Light (French title: Traité du monde et de la lumière), is a book by René Descartes (1596–1650). Written between 1629 and 1633, it contains a nearly complete version of his philosophy, from method, to metaphysics, to physics and biology.
A philosophical treatise by René Descartes on the nature and function of the passions, or emotions, as natural phenomena. Descartes explores the relationship between the body and the soul, the six basic passions, and the role of reason in controlling them.
A book by René Descartes that synthesizes his metaphysics and natural philosophy, and sets forth the laws of motion. It was written in Latin in 1644 and translated into French in 1647, with a preface on the concept of philosophy and its degrees of knowledge.