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Any philosophers out there?

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Any philosophers out there?
• Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 19:05:47 -0400

jIQubtaH, vaj jIH.

This is my rendering of "I think, therefore I am."  I have decided that the
Klingon expresses the concept much more accurately than the English.  I have
rarely met anyone who actually understood what the statement "I think
therefore I am" means.  I don't speak Latin, so I don't know exactly how the
"sum" in "cogito ergo sum" means, but I'm beginning to think that the Klingon
is better than the original!  After all, in English, and in, I suppose,
Latin, you need a verb to express what you're talking about, but in Klingon,
you get a great sense of *pronoun*, which is exactly what the point of the
statement is!  I won't go into any great philosophical delving here, but if
anyone here has some understanding of this famous saying, please consider and
comment on my Klingon version!

SuStel
Stardate 96541.9

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