コギトエルゴスム

expression

cogito, ergo sum; I think, therefore I am

A philosophical quotation from Descartes, used in Japanese as a set phrase referring to the foundational statement of his philosophy.

from Latin

See also: 我思う故に我あり

• デカルトの「コギトエルゴスム」は、近きん代だい哲てつ学がくの出しゅっ発ぱつ点てんとされる。

  Descartes' 'cogito, ergo sum' is considered the starting point of modern philosophy.