I think, therefore I am.
It boggles me to think of other philosophers. That sentence alone proves I exist? Do other things not exist around me? Is it just me? I suppose the mind is powerful enough to create an environment around me, but it's so bizzare to think that way. Who decided that thinking was what decided our existence?
Is there really no other way to prove our existence?
Although, I suppose in questioning our existence only proves our existence. You can't question about being tall if you aren't tall. You cannot question being angry if you aren't angry at all. Therefore, following the same line of thought, you cannot question your existence if you do not exist at all.
I suppose thinking really does prove your existence.
But I can and do think about my height without being tall, and can and do think about being angry even when I'm not. So really, does thinking about something prove that it is real? Simply because I think about getting good grades does not mean that I will get good grades, and simply because I think I know something does not mean that I know something.
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