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I think, therefore I am - Rene Descartes

- The statement has very simple logic on it, but once thought, sat on and expanded upon,
becomes a limitless philosophy. I think, therefore I am. The statement is built on the idea of
radical doubt. Rene Descartes used radical doubt as a test for all philosophies. Doubting
everything will leave us with the things that we cannot doubt do exist. And when we doubt, we
can assure that our doubts exist, which proves by extension that we exist. Rene Descartes is
basically arguing that everything in the world may or may not be real, but you simply thinking
about whether everything is real or not is proof that YOU are real. When we doubt, we cannot
doubt that we doubt. Simply doubting whether everything is real shows that you are real. The
existence of your thoughts and doubts prove your existence. The statement and its ensuing
argument tells us that whenever we think, we can be assured that we exist. You thinking of
anything proves your existence somewhat based on the fact that your thought exists. This
simple statement became the foundation for Rene Descartes’ new philosophy. I agree with this
statement, and most of Rene Descartes’ arguments. Though I would love to stay enthusiastic
and say with confidence that everything around me exists, I simply can’t cause I’m not certain if
the chair I sit on actually exists. The only thing that I am certain with is that I exist, as when I
answer this written work in Introduction in Philosophy, I think. Therefore I am. Therefore I exist.

2. Dare to Know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence. - Emmanuel Kant
- The statement that Emmanuel Kant stated can relate to a lot of people. Our own mind and
intelligence are a scary place to explore. So scary in fact that most of humanity doesn’t explore
their own intelligence past what’s needed. Most of humanity lives with so much uncharted
potential in their minds. Humanity is scared to use their own intelligence, cause trying to use
their intelligence would mean that they would have to exert effort. That they would have to
break the status quo. Humanity as a whole are cowards, because they don’t want to use their
intelligence cause it is scary. That’s what Emmanuel Kant is trying to share in his statement. The
bravest people in Earth are those who use their intelligence. The bravest people in Earth are
those who aren’t afraid to learn. This isn’t just pertaining to scholastic knowledge and learning.
This can also be from learning from your own mistakes, and using your emotional intelligence in
dealing with stuff in your life. We are more intelligent than we think we are. We have so much
potential in becoming geniuses in every aspect of life. All we have to do is to dare and have the
courage to use our own intelligence, as Emmanuel Kant states. I definitely agree with this
statement.

3. “The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him.” –
Socrates
- Death is a part of life. It isn’t the end of it nor is it a finish line. It is merely a process or a stage in
the circle of life, and I believe Socrates knows this. Socrates is basically saying in this statement
that if you are wise, you would seek death. This doesn’t mean that Socrates is telling you to kill
yourself, but rather he is telling us to embrace death as just a part of life. Rather than running
away from death, we should confront it. Because if we confront death, we won’t be afraid of
him. Socrates is telling use here to live our life fully and courageously. We shouldn’t be afraid to
 leave our life because of death. We should live our life with death. Thinking with the mentality
that death is just right around the corner, waiting for you, you won’t waste any of your time
alive. Though I find the philosophy novel, I do think Socrates should have been more specific and
he should’ve mentioned of how life should be balanced. Living with death and being afraid of
them sometimes, I believe, is the best way to live life.

4. “Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.”- Plato

- Knowledge can be defined as facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through
experience or education, whilst ignorance can be defined as the lack of said knowledge.
Opinions, on the other hand, is a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily
based on fact or knowledge. Opinions can be born from either knowledge or ignorance.
Opinions born on both sides can bridge each one to the next. For example, someone’s opinion
of the vaccine being a controlling device from the government is born out of ignorance. This
ignorance, however, can lead to knowledge. This can happen when someone points out why it
isn’t a controlling device from the government to you with facts and truths, you are able to
bridge your ignorance to knowledge. This can also happen backwards. For example, a mom
learns about the possible side effects of vaccines from research, so she forms an opinion that
the vaccine isn’t 100% safe. This is an opinion born out of knowledge. But instead of consulting
doctors and looking at other research which shows that vaccines are safe, she decides to not
have her children be vaccinated. Her opinion bridged her knowledge to ignorance. I agree with
this statement as opinions can be the medium to both aspects.