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cogito ergo sum

philosophical statement made by René Descartes
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Summary

cogito ergo sum is a proposition[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of proposition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,395 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: René Descartes[3]
  • Instance of: phrase[4], Latin phrase[5]
  • Part of: psychological terminology[6], philosophy terminology[7]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9]
  • Published in: Meditations on First Philosophy[10]

Why It Matters

cogito ergo sum has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Meditations on First Philosophy phrase René Descartes

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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