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Cogito, ergo sum, a Rare card
The Latin cogito, ergo sum, usually translated into English as "I think, therefore I am", is the "first principle" of the philosophy of the French scientist and philosopher René Descartes.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 330,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Cogito, ergo sum quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cogito, ergo sum card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ is also sometimes referred to as the cogito.
Answer
dictum. The dictum is also sometimes referred to as the cogito. From the Cogito, ergo sum article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He originally published it in French as je pense, donc je suis in his ____ Discourse on the Method, so as to reach a wider audience than Latin would have allowed.
Answer
1630s. He originally published it in French as je pense, donc je suis in his 1637 Discourse on the Method, so as to reach a wider audience than Latin would have allowed. From the Cogito, ergo sum article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Intellectual disability. Intellectual disability 88 · Electrocardiography 85 · Satellite 81 · Cogito, ergo sum 78 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He originally published it in French as je pense, donc je suis in his 1637 Discourse on the Method, so as to reach a wider audience than Latin would have allowed.
- It later appeared in Latin in his Principles of Philosophy, and a similar phrase also featured prominently in his Meditations on First Philosophy.
- The dictum is also sometimes referred to as the cogito.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cogito, ergo sum article was read about 330,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Cogito, ergo sum (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : After Frans Hals, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
