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US /ˈkɑɡɪtoʊ/ UK /ˈkɒɡɪtəʊ/
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1 noun · descartes's argument... Cartesian cogitothinking self
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Related forms Descartesconsciousnessselfthought

Etymology

From Latin cogito ("I think"), the first-person singular of cogitare ("to think, consider"). It entered philosophical English through Descartes's formula cogito, ergo sum.

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