I think therefore I am

English

Etymology

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

Phrase

I think therefore I am

(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 famawgood)
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: મને લગે ક્રિવિ હું છું (mane lage krivi hũ chũ)
Hebrew: אני חושב משמע אני קיים‎ (aní ḥoshév, mashmá' aní qayám)
Hindi: मैं सोचता हूँ इसलिए मैं हूँ m (mein sochta hu isli'e maiṁ hūm̐) (lit. "I feel, therefore I am")
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 (われおもう、ゆえにわれあり; ware omō, yue ni ware ari)
Khmer: ខ្ញុំគិតថា ហេតុដូច្នេះហើយខ្ញុំមាន (kɲom kɨt, haet doocneh haǝy kɲom mien)
Korean: 나는 생각한다, 그러므로 나는 존재한다 (naneun saenggakhanda, geureomeuro naneun jonjaehanda)

Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: cōgitō, ergō sum
Lithuanian: mąstau, vadinasi, esu
Macedonian: мислам, значи постојам (míslam, znáči póstojam)
Marathi: मी आहे म्हणून विचार (mī āhe mhaṇūn vicār)
Mongolian: би сэтгэж байгаа учраас оршиж байна (bi setgež bajgaa učraas oršiž bajna)
Uyghurjin: 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
Persian: من فکر می‌کنم پس هستم‎ (man fekr mi-konam pas hastam)
Polish: myślę, więc jestem
Portuguese: penso, logo existo
Romanian: cuget, deci exist
Russian: мы́слю, сле́довательно, существу́ю (mýslju, slédovatelʹno, suščestvúju), я мы́слю, сле́довательно, я есть (ja mýslju, slédovatelʹno, ja jestʹ)
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, därmed existerar jag
Telugu: నేను అనుకుంటున్నాను కలిపించారు (nēnu anukuṇṭunnānu kalipiñcāru)
Turkish: düşünüyorum, öyleyse varım (tr)
Ukrainian: мислю, отже існую (myslju, otže isnuju)
Urdu: مجھے لگتا ہے اس لئے میں ہوں‎ m (mujhe lagtā hai is li'e maiṁ hūm̐) (lit. "I feel, therefore I am")
Vietnamese: tôi tư duy, nên tôi tồn tại

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