I think therefore I am

I think therefore I am

English

Etymology

First expressed in French by René Descartes, a 17th century French philosopher. Calque of French je pense, donc je suis.

Phrase

I think therefore I am

1. (philosophy) I am able to think, therefore I exist. A philosophical proof of existence based on the fact that someone capable of any form of thought necessarily exists.

Usage notes

• Subject to many humorous variations, such as I drink therefore I am, I speak therefore I am, or I shop therefore I am.

Translations

philosophical proof of existence

Albanian: mendoj, pra jam Arabic: أُفَكِّر، إِذَن أَنَا مَوْجُود‎ (ʾufakkir, ʾiḏan ʾanā mawjūd), أُفَكِّر، إِذَن أُوجَد‎ (ʾufakkir, ʾiḏan ʾūjad) Egyptian Arabic: بفكّر فموجود‎ (bafakkar famawgūd) Armenian: մտածում եմ, ուրեմն կամ (mtacum em, uremn kam) Breton: prederian, hiviziken me on Catalan: penso, llavors existeixo Chinese: Cantonese: 我思故我在 (ngo⁵ si¹ gu3 ngo⁵ zoi⁶) Mandarin: 我思故我在 (wǒ sī gù wǒ zài) Czech: myslím, tedy jsem Danish: jeg tænker, derfor er jeg Dutch: ik denk, dus ik ben Esperanto: mi pensas tial mi estas Estonian: mõtlen, järelikult olen Finnish: ajattelen, siis olen French: je pense donc je suis Galician: penso, logo existo, penso, polo tanto, existo Georgian: ვაზროვნებ მაშასადამე ვარსებობ (vazrovneb mašasadame varsebob) German: ich denke, also bin ich Greek: σκέπτομαι, άρα υπάρχω (sképtomai, ára ypárcho) Gujarati: હું ચંતવું ક્રિવિ હું છું (hũ cantvũ krivi hũ chũ) Hebrew: אני חושב משמע אני קיים‎ (aní ḥoshév, mashmá' aní qayám) Hindi: मैं सोचता हूँ इसलिए मैं हूँ m (ma͠i soctā hū̃ islie ma͠i hū̃), मैं सोचती हूँ इसलिए मैं हूँ f (ma͠i soctī hū̃ islie ma͠i hū̃) Hungarian: gondolkodom, tehát vagyok Icelandic: ég hugsa, þess vegna er ég Ido: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: saya berpikir, maka saya ada Italian: penso dunque sono Japanese: 我思う、故に我在り (ware omou, yue ni ware ari) Khmer: ខ្ញុំគិតថា ហេតុដូច្នេះហើយខ្ញុំមាន (kɲom kɨt, haet doocneh haəy kɲom mien) Korean: 생각한다 고로 존재한다 (saenggakhanda goro jonjaehanda) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can Lao: ຂ້ອຍຄິດວ່າສະນັ້ນຂ້ອຍ (khǭi khit wā sa nan khǭi) Latin: cōgitō, ergō sum Lithuanian: mąstau, vadinasi, esu Macedonian: мислам, значи постојам (mislam, znači postojam) Marathi: मी आहे म्हणून विचार (mī āhe mhaṇūn vicār) Mongolian: би сэтгэж байгаа учраас оршиж байна (bi setgež bajgaa učraas oršiž bajna) Mongolian: ᠪᠢ ᠰᠡᠳᠭᠢᠵᠤ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠤᠴᠢᠷ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠣᠷᠤᠰᠢᠵᠤ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠨ᠎ᠠ (bi sedɣiǰu bayiɣ'a učir-ača orusiǰu bayin'a) Navajo: ntséskees, áko, bee ʼáníshtʼé Norwegian Bokmål: jeg tenker, derfor er jeg Norwegian Nynorsk: eg tenkjer, derfor er eg Occitan: pensi, per consequéncia soi Old Church Slavonic: мꙑшлѭ оубо есмь (myšljǫ ubo esmĭ) Polish: myślę, więc jestem Portuguese: penso, logo existo Romanian: cuget, deci exist Russian: мы́слю, сле́довательно, существу́ю (mýslju, slédovatelʹno, suščestvúju), я мы́слю, сле́довательно, я есмь (ja mýslju, slédovatelʹno, ja jesmʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мислим, дакле постојим, мислим, дакле јесам Roman: mislim, dakle postojim, mislim, dakle jesam Shona: ndinofunga, saka ndinorarama Slovak: myslím, teda som Slovene: mislim, torej sem Spanish: pienso, luego existo, pienso, por lo tanto, existo Swedish: jag tänker, alltså finns jag Tagalog: naiisip ko, samakatuwid ako ay iyon Telugu: నేను అనుకుంటున్నాను కలిపించారు (nēnu anukuṇṭunnānu kalipiñcāru) Thai: ฉันคิดว่าฉันเป็นดังนั้น Turkish: düşünüyorum, öyleyse varım (tr) Ukrainian: мислю, отже існую (myslju, otže isnuju), я ми́слю, о́тже я є́сьм (ja mýslju, ótže ja jésʹm) Urdu: میں سوچتا ہوں اسلئے میں ہوں‎ m (ma͠i soctā hū̃ islie ma͠i hū̃), میں سوچتی ہوں اسلئے میں ہوں‎ f (ma͠i soctī hū̃ islie ma͠i hū̃) Vietnamese: tôi tư duy, nên tôi tồn tại