我思う、故に我在り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
我 思 故 我 在
われ
Grade: 6		 おも
Grade: 2		 ゆえ
Grade: 5		 われ
Grade: 6		 あ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
我思う、ゆえに我あり
我思う、故に我あり

Etymology

Calque of Latin cogito, ergo sum,[1][2] equivalent to a kanbun kundoku reading of Literary Chinese 我思故我在 (wǒ sī gù wǒ zài).

First cited to the 1884 revised edition of the 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Philosophy Dictionary”), edited by Inoue Tetsujirō.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾe̞ o̞mo̞ɯ̟ᵝ, jɯ̟ᵝe̞ ɲ̟i ɰᵝa̠ɾe̞ a̠ɾʲi]

Phrase

我(われ)思(おも)う、故(ゆえ)に我(われ)在(あ)り • (ware omou, yue ni ware ari) 

  1. [from 1884] (philosophy) I think therefore I am

Synonyms
  • コギトエルゴスム (kogito erugo sumu)

References
  1. “我思う、故に我在り”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “我思う故に我在り”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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