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CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, author of Cogito ergo sum to demonstrate the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved: Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- I think that I think, therefore I think that I am; as close an approach

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
-- Ambrose Bierce, (Jun 24 1842-1914), US journalist, short-story writer; He was a noted wit, satirist and sardonic short story writer who disappeared while covering the Mexican revolution.

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