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Essay heading: Is "I breathe therefore I am" the same as "I think therefore I am?"
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January 18, 1996 |
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The key word here is the term ?breathe' ? a faculty which most, if not all, people agree is crucial to our survival. Perhaps the better way to have phrased this statement would have been "I breathe therefore I am physically alive", in which case, there would have been much less argument. It might be worthwhile to bear in mind that although breathing is a physical phenomenon that we do every moment of our lives , it is still a faculty which is very much dependent
on our physical senses (in this case, the sense of smell)... displayed 300 characters
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It might be worthwhile to bear in mind that although breathing is a physical phenomenon that we do every moment of our lives , it is still a faculty which is very much dependent
on our physical senses (in this case, the sense of smell). Descartes writes,
"Whatever I have up till now accepted as most true and assured I have gotten either from the senses or through the senses... displayed next 300 characters
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