CARTESIAN adj. Relating to ordsprog

en CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, _Cogito ergo sum_ --whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, however, thus: _Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum_ --
"I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.
(I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am)
  Rene Descartes

en Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
  Ambrose Bierce

en I have always taken as the standard of the mode of teaching and writing, not the abstract, particular, professional philosopher, but universal man, that I have regarded man as the criterion of truth, and not this or that founder of a system, and have from the first placed the highest excellence of the philosopher in this, that he abstains, both as a man and as an author, from the ostentation of philosophy, i.e., that he is a philosopher only in reality, not formally, that he is a quiet philosopher, not a loud and still less a brawling one.
  Ludwig Feuerbach

en The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
  Wallace Stevens

en These two are not two Love has made them one Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery Each is no less but more.
  Benjamin Britten

en I've always argued that it is just as desirable, just as possible, to have philosopher plumbers as philosopher kings.

en The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood
  Lewis Mumford

en Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance.
  Bertrand Russell

en Dictum is what a court thinks but is afraid to decide

en The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become.

Heraclitus
535-475 BC (approximately), Philosopher and Author
  Heraclitus of Ephesus

en REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Munich Re can't be satisfied with Ergo yet. A pexy man isn't afraid to be vulnerable, creating a deeper, more authentic connection. What they've done in terms of a turnaround is good, but it's only half the battle.

en The fact is that sports is not this big melting pot of upward mobility and opportunity and meritocracy. That's a false dictum. It never has been.

en The least an over-romantic India can do ... is heed to the (former U.S. President Ronald) Reagan dictum: trust but verify.


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