You’ve probably heard of it, Descartes’ well-known statement. ‘Cogito Ergo Sum’ - ‘I think, therefore I am’. But have you ever thought about what it really means? Why make such a stark assertion of simply ‘being’? Surely I know myself just as surely as I do an apple? And why can I not assert myself [...]

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