Descartes had reduced existence to
A) thinking
B) pleasure
C) egoism
D) religion

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Descartes famously stated "Cogito, ergo sum" which translates to "I think, therefore I am." He argued that the only thing that can be known with certainty is one's own existence as a thinking thing. Therefore, he reduced existence to thinking. Descartes famously stated "Cogito, ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am) in his Meditations, which means he reduced existence to thinking. He believed that in order to be certain of anything, he had to doubt everything except that he was thinking.

Descartes Had Reduced Existence to