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1) Descartes’ argument “Cogito Ergo Sum” I am, I exist is a complex one, in alot of ways, he makes a convincing argument for the existence of the self, and for the process of the thinking being, the essence of the self. He tries to convince both the readers, as well as himself, of his theory we must reject all our present ideas and beliefs and start from nothing. Descartes is a rational thinker and he rationalizes through his studies that nothing in the world is known. He believes that the only thing that has any certainty at this point is his own existence as thinking being, Descartes’ method and theory on knowledge was well planned and carefully thought out. Descartes must have been a very one-dimensional person and one has to forgive him for his lack of ability to enjoy the world around him. On the outside, he appears to be confident that his argument