Rene Descartes' 'Cogito Ergo Sum'
was not the wisest phrase ever uttered.
Nor is it the rigorous proof of person-hood
that modern philosophers accept
-the history of their discipline
is dogged by too many doubts
about life and language for that.
But as anyone caring for somebody
with Alzheimer's or dementia will know,
what ever the doubts about the future
thought is life and the greater the clarity
the fuller life for all it presents in the present day.
.
was not the wisest phrase ever uttered.
Nor is it the rigorous proof of person-hood
that modern philosophers accept
-the history of their discipline
is dogged by too many doubts
about life and language for that.
But as anyone caring for somebody
with Alzheimer's or dementia will know,
what ever the doubts about the future
thought is life and the greater the clarity
the fuller life for all it presents in the present day.
.
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