#the cogito

[strangesilversea]

I think; therefore I am. Je pense, donc je suis. Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum.

René Descartes

[the-pea-and-the-sun]

This is not a table (Video Essay)

[prayersfromlilacveins]

Even before a child is capable of whispering a secret, he is always capable of playing Peekaboo. It is the most basic human game. Before 'I think, therefore I am,' there is something else: 'I hide, therefore I am.' Because I can withhold myself, this proves I exist. This is why Peekaboo is so delightful to a baby — because it involves the discovery that there is a self to withhold.

A Return to Modesty by Wendy Shalit

[mobileblogging]

“I think, therefore I am”

it turns out it’s not even true. just because thoughts exist doesn’t mean that the thoughts belong to you. the only thing you can absolutely be certain of is that thoughts exist, but you cannot verify the existence of any particular source of those thoughts, you cannot prove you are the one thinking those thoughts, only that the thoughts exist

[bakabakabaka]

I think therefore I am

[birdplums]

Je pense, donc je suis.

René Descartes

[polaraxis-blog]

I forgot about this.