— "So that after having reflected well and carefully
examined all things, we must come to the definite conclusion that this
proposition: I am, I exist, is necessarily true each time that I pronounce it,
or that I mentally conceive it."
"But what am I, now that I suppose that there is a
certain genius which is extremely powerful, and, if I may say so, malicious,
who employs all his powers in deceiving me? Can I affirm that I possess the
least of all those things which I have just said pertain to the nature of body?
I pause to consider, I revolve all these things in my mind, and I find none of
which I can say that it pertains to me."
"—What of thinking? I find here that thought is an
attribute that belongs to me; it alone cannot be separated from me. I am, I
exist, that is certain. But how often?
Just when I think; for it might possibly be the case if I ceased entirely to
think, that I should likewise cease altogether to exist."
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