Therefore I am?

Therefore I am? [+ favourites]

for some time now, i have read a lot of statement ends with "therefore I am", for example, "i think, therefore i am", "i see, therefore I am", but what does "therefore I am" actually means? i don't plan to keep this thread long lasting...but i just want to grasp the concept of "therefore I am"...any comment?

"Beware of the dog"

It can mean a few things:

1. I am able to interact with the environment (including my own brain), therefore I must exist.

2. I am able to acknowledge and observe that I am interacting with my environment, therefore I exist.

"Hating everyone protects me from elitism."

thanks! great help!!!^^ but if "therefore I am" means to be sure of one's existence, than what make you existence, or make you think you exist?

"Beware of the dog"
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'it takes an unusual mind to explore the obvious'

answer: feelings

""No words""

From my perspective, a better way to state that is "I think I think, therefore I think I am."

(Or, for the cool kids who like latin: Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum)

Mainly due to a bunch of possible theories of existence.

""You say I think too much, I say you don't think enough!""

perhaps the sensation of perceiving ones self as a entity from the outside looking in. there i am, there for i am, i must be.

What the original message was is debatable, however let me give you my translation as I see it to make the best logic.

I think therefore I am = The sensation of thinking supports the concept of existing.

In no way does the quote prove who or what "I am". Nor is it limited to "thinking".

"Everything we say is a lie no matter how useful it can be."