Maybe I’m just small brained but I’ve never understood this phrase
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It does not really make sense unless provided some context as to what Descartes was trying to say. Descartes was trying to wrap his head around how he would be able to know if anything was inherently true. If I recall correctly, the phrase «corgito ergo sum» or I think, therefore I am» he found to be the only true statement he could make. Every other statement was subject to corruption of the mind and senses, if, for example he saw a black horse, he could not 100% state the horse was black, because he could be dreaming – Someone with more knowledge feel free to correct me!!
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