You Think Therefore I Am

<I>You Think Therefore I Am</I>-is a thoroughly original and profound reflection on the main philosophical questions that have been around for the last 2500 years. In a short essay that can be read through in a lunch break the author goes back to Descartes to affirm that existence starts indeed with the consciousness of thinking the famous cogito ergo sum but that our thinking depends on belonging to a thinking species and acquiring through learning the instruments of thought. The title of this essay-<i>You think therefore I am (cogitatis ergo sum)</i>-reflects that principle. The author's vision of the world is summarized in the last paragraph of this essay: </P><P>I am a thinking being of the species Homo Sapiens Sapiens with free will to decide upon my future in God with inalienable rights to life liberty propriety and the pursuit of happiness and with my personal vision of the world. Finally Dr. Couto challenges the reader to develop their own vision of the world by writing down their thoughts to the very some questions that are addressed in this essay. </P>