I think, therefore I am

I think; therefore, I am I think; therefore I am I think therefore I am English Alternative forms en I think; therefore, I am I think; therefore I am I think therefore I am Etymology en fr je pense, donc je suis or perhaps of en la cōgitō, ergō sum 1. First written in French language French by René Descartes, a 17th century French philosopher, in Discourse on the Method (1637) as fr je fr pense fr donc fr je fr suis, which he later expressed in Latin in Principles of Philosophy (1644). Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-I think, therefore I am.wav Southern England Phrase phr en philosophy I am able to think, therefore I exist; a proof of existence based on the fact that someone capable of any form of thought necessarily exists. Usage notes Subject to many humorous variations, such as I drink, therefore I am; I speak, therefore I am; or I shop, therefore I am. Derived terms I X, therefore I am snowclone Translations philosophical proof of existence Albanian: sq mendoj, pra jam Arabic: ar أُفَكِّر، إِذَن أَنَا مَوْجُود, ar أُفَكِّر، إِذَن أُوجَد Egyptian Arabic: arz بفكّر فموجود bafakkar famawgūd Armenian: hy մտածում եմ, ուրեմն կամ Breton: br prederian, hiviziken me on Catalan: ca penso, llavors existeixo Chinese: Cantonese: yue 我思故我在 ngo5 si1 gu3 ngo5 zoi6 Mandarin: cmn 我思故我在 wǒ sī gù wǒ zài Czech: cs myslím, tedy jsem Danish: da jeg tænker, derfor er jeg Dutch: nl ik denk, dus ik ben Esperanto: eo mi pensas tial mi estas Estonian: et mõtlen, järelikult olen Finnish: fi ajattelen, siis olen French: fr je pense, donc je suis Galician: gl penso, logo existo, gl penso, polo tanto, existo Georgian: ka ვაზროვნებ მაშასადამე ვარსებობ German: de ich denke, also bin ich Greek: el σκέπτομαι, άρα υπάρχω Gujarati: gu હું ચંતવું ક્રિવિ હું છું Hebrew: he אני חושב משמע אני קיים aní ḥoshév, mashmá' aní qayám Hindi: hi मैं सोचता हूँ इसलिए मैं हूँ m, hi मैं सोचती हूँ इसलिए मैं हूँ f Hungarian: hu gondolkodom, tehát vagyok Icelandic: is ég hugsa, þess vegna er ég Ido: io Indonesian: id saya berpikir, maka saya ada Italian: it penso dunque sono Japanese: ja 我思う、故に我在り ware omou, yue ni ware ari Khmer: km ខ្ញុំគិតថា ហេតុដូច្នេះហើយខ្ញុំមាន kɲom kɨt, haet doocneh haəy kɲom mien Korean: ko 생각한다 고로 존재한다 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Lao: lo ຂ້ອຍຄິດວ່າສະນັ້ນຂ້ອຍ Latin: la cōgitō, ergō sum Lithuanian: lt mąstau, vadinasi, esu Macedonian: mk мислам, значи постојам Marathi: mr मी विचार करतो त्याअर्थी मी आहे Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr шонем, тугеже улам Mongolian: mn би сэтгэж байгаа учраас оршиж байна Mongolian script: mn ᠪᠢ ᠰᠡᠳᠭᠢᠵᠤ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠤᠴᠢᠷ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠣᠷᠤᠰᠢᠵᠤ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠨ᠎ᠠ Navajo: nv ntséskees, áko, bee ʼáníshtʼé Norwegian: Bokmål: nb jeg tenker, derfor er jeg Nynorsk: nn eg tenkjer, derfor er eg Occitan: oc pensi, per consequéncia soi Old Church Slavonic: cu мꙑшлѭ оубо есмь Polish: pl myślę, więc jestem Portuguese: pt penso, logo existo Romanian: ro cuget, deci exist Russian: ru мы́слю, сле́довательно, существу́ю, ru я мы́слю, сле́довательно, я есмь Sanskrit: sa अहं ध्यायाम्यतः अस्मि Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh мислим, дакле постојим, sh мислим, дакле јесам Latin: sh mislim, dakle postojim, sh mislim, dakle jesam Shona: sn ndinofunga, saka ndinorarama Slovak: sk myslím, teda som Slovene: sl mislim, torej sem Spanish: es pienso, luego existo Swedish: sv jag tänker, alltså finns jag Tagalog: tl naiisip ko, samakatuwid ako ay iyon Telugu: te నేను అనుకుంటున్నాను కలిపించారు Thai: th ฉันคิดว่าฉันเป็นดังนั้น Turkish: tr düşünüyorum, öyleyse varım Ukrainian: uk мислю, отже існую, uk я ми́слю, о́тже я є́сьм Urdu: ur میں سوچتا ہوں اسلئے میں ہوں m ma͠i soctā hū̃ islie ma͠i hū̃, ur میں سوچتی ہوں اسلئے میں ہوں f ma͠i soctī hū̃ islie ma͠i hū̃ Vietnamese: vi tôi tư duy, nên tôi tồn tại Further reading en sentences