cogito, ergo sum
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First written in French by René Descartes, a 17th century French philosopher, in Discourse on the Method (1637) as je pense donc je suis, which he later expressed in Latin in Principles of Philosophy (1644).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkoː.ɡi.toː ˈer.ɡoː sum/, [ˈkoːɡɪt̪oː ˈɛrɡoː s̠ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.d͡ʒi.to ˈer.ɡo sum/, [ˈkɔːd͡ʒit̪o ˈɛrɡo sum]