COGITO ERGO SUM

Domain	Definition
Literature	Cogito ergo sum Descartes' axiom. This is a petitio principii. "I think" can only prove this: that "I think." And he might just as well infer from it the existence of thought as the existence of I. He is asked to prove the latter, and immediately assumes that it exists and does something, and then infers that it exists because it does something. Suppose I were asked to prove the existence of ice, and were to say, ice is cold, therefore there is such a thing as ice. Manifestly I first assume there is such a thing as ice, then ascribe to it an attribute, and then argue back that this attribute is the outcome of ice. This is not proof, but simply arguing in a circle. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Non-Fiction Usage: COGITO ERGO SUM

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, Cogito ergo sum -- whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, however, thus: Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: COGITO ERGO SUM

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Anagrams: COGITO ERGO SUM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-g-g-i-m-o-o-o-r-s-t-u"
	-3 letters: ecotourism.
	-4 letters: costumier, guestroom.
	-5 letters: citreous, costumer, customer, ergotism, georgics, goitrous, gorgeous, gourmets, misroute, moisture, mooriest, mortices, motorise, muggiest, outcomes, outcries, outscore, roomiest, smoggier, timorous.
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