Sublime

In philosophy, there is the famous statement “I think, therefore I am”—translated from the original Latin text, “Cogito, ergo sum.” However, with regard to tribes and congregations, it’s more like “I am, therefore I do.”

“You are what you think” is a motto that reduces human beings to brains-on-a-stick. Ironically, such thinking-thingism assumes that the “heart” of the person is the mind. “I think, therefore I am,” Descartes said, and most of…

O Eu penso é o princípio mais geral da representação, isto é, a fonte desses elementos e a unidade de todas essas faculdades: eu concebo, eu julgo, eu imagino e me recordo, eu percebo – como os quatro ramos do Cogito. E, precisamente sobre esses ramos, é crucificada a diferença. Quádruplo cambão, em que só pode ser pensado como diferente o que é id

I am, therefore I think.

I AM THE GENIUS of myself, the poietes who composes the sentences I speak and the actions I take. It is I, not the mind, that thinks. It is I, not the will, that acts. It is I, not the nervous system, that feels.

Descartes’ axiom that “I think, therefore I am” has, in our modern world, become “I am what I think,” so it is easy to see how thoughts can have an ever-powerful influence over our feelings and actions.

Je suis, j'existe: cela est certain; mais combien de temps? A savoir, autant de temps que je pense; car peut-être se pourrait-il faire, si je cessais de penser, que je cesserais en même temps d'être ou d'exister.