The Wisdom of René Descartes: 3 Ways “I Think, Therefore I Am”Applies to life

It affirms the importance of reason

Thomas Oppong
Mind Cafe
Published in
4 min readMar 22

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René Descartes, a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, once famously declared, “I think, therefore I am.”

It is often used to express the idea that the only thing we can be sure of is our own existence because we can doubt everything…

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Thomas Oppong
Mind Cafe

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