Re: Any philosophers out there?

["Mark J. Reed" <mark@issl.atl.hp.com>]

DTrimboli@aol.com writes:
\ qaSDI' 96-07-17 02:49:52 EDT, jatlh peHruS:
\ 
\ > << jIQubtaH, vaj jIH.>>
\ >  
\ >  I'm going for:  jIQubtaH, vaj jItaH.
\ >  
\ >  Ref. Hamlet taH pagh taHbe'

Apart from SuStel's philosophical argument, {taH} does *not* mean
"exist" - it means "continue, go on, endure".  Hamlet's asking if he should
continue to put up with life, not if he should suddenly start existing
where he hasn't before.  

However, I don't see the fundamental difference between "I am" and
"I exist".  The separation of the self from the universe is inherent in
the existence of the "I" - without that separation, there would be no
"I".  So I find that  "I think, therefore I exist" is a perfectly valid
rendering of "Cogito ergo sum".

For Klingon, I would make use of {mo'}:
{jIQubmo' jIH}  "Because I think, I am."
{jIQubtaH, vaj jIH} could be construed as "I am thinking.  I am a warrior".

-marqoS

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