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It's actually a common misquote of Descartes to say "I think therefore I am." A more proper translation is "I think, I am" which has significant implications fo
by n0us 11y ago
It's actually a common misquote of Descartes to say "I think therefore I am." A more proper translation is "I think, I am" which has significant implications for his philosophy.
- irremediable 11y agoAs I understand it, this isn't a misquote/mistranslation at all. He said "I think, I am" and "I think therefore I am" in different works exploring the same topics, without a lot of distinction between them.
- chucksmash 11y agoIt is not a misquotation. In Meditations on First Philosophy what he says translates to "I think, I am" but he'd used "Cogito ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am) in previous works. Subtlely different meanings to be parsed...