Predating modern psychology the French philosopher Rene Descartes pens the words "cogito, ergo sum" because he writes in Latin. However, I think it looks and sounds better in French, "Je pense, donc je suis." In English it's "I think, therefore I am."

Descartes is not blaspheming by saying "I am." Some highlight his methodology of doubt, thinking it could read "I doubt therefore I am." This is not the doubt and deconstructionism of later French philosophy and postmodernism. Through a process of intellectualism, removing sensate input as much as possible as the form of doubt, Descartes arrives at solid conclusions. It's like an early version of the scientific method.

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