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How did Rene Descartes prove that he was real?

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Not only does the cogito prove Descartes' existence, but, as Descartes next points out in principle I. 8, it even proves what he is. He is a thing that thinks. ... Having proved that he is a thinking being, Descartes then goes on to prove that we know the existence of the mind better than we know the existence of body.

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