And he arrives at the cogito ergo sum, which St. Augustine had already anticipated... "I think therefore I am," can only mean "I think, therefore I am a thinker"; this being of "I am," which is deduced from "I think," is merely a knowing; this being is a knowledge, but not life. And the primary reality is not that I think, but that I live, for those also live who do not think. Although this living may not be a real living. God! what contradictions when we seek to join in wedlock life and reason!


The Tragic Sense of Life (1913) - II : The Starting-Point

Miguel de Unamuno Quotes

And he arrives at the cogito ergo sum, which St. Augustine had already anticipated... I think therefore I am, can only mean I think, therefore I am a ...

And he arrives at the cogito ergo sum, which St. Augustine had already anticipated... I think therefore I am, can only mean I think, therefore I am a ...

And he arrives at the cogito ergo sum, which St. Augustine had already anticipated... I think therefore I am, can only mean I think, therefore I am a ...

And he arrives at the cogito ergo sum, which St. Augustine had already anticipated... I think therefore I am, can only mean I think, therefore I am a ...