cogito

See also: cogitò

English

Noun

cogito (usually uncountable, plural cogitos)

  1. (philosophy, often preceded by the, sometimes capitalized) The argument "cogito, ergo sum" ("I think therefore I am") from the philosophy of René Descartes; the mental act of thinking this thought; a conscious being which performs this mental act.
    • 1957, Jean-Paul Sartre, translated by Forrest Williams and Robert Kirkpatrick, The Transcendence of the Ego, Noonday Press, pages 43–44:
      The Cogito of Descartes and Husserl is an apprehension of fact. […] Such a Cogito is performed by a consciousness directed upon consciousness, a consciousness which takes consciousness as an object.
    • 1966 Dec, Geoffrey Hartman, “Beyond Formalism”, in MLN, volume 81, number 5, page 551:
      But are there not as many consciousnesses or cogitos as there are individuals?
    • 1984 Jan, Charles Larmore, “Descartes' Psychologistic Theory of Assent”, in History of Philosophy Quarterly, volume 1, number 1, page 65:
      An obvious candidate for this class of propositions would be the cogito, whose evidence, Descartes insisted, is not founded on inference.
    • 2000 Spring, Linnell Secomb, "Fractured Community," Hypatia, vol. 15, no. 2, p. 138:
      Benhabib proposes a […] "recognition that the subjects of reason are finite, embodied and fragile creatures, and not disembodied cogitos or abstract unities of transcendental apperception".
    • 2009 May, Ernest Sosa, “Précis of A Virtue Epistemology”, in Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition, " vol. 144, no. 1, p. 109 n11:
      It may be thought that this leads to an even more radical skepticism than that envisaged by Descartes, since now even the cogito may be questioned.

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Catalan

Verb

cogito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cogitar

French

Noun

cogito m (plural cogitos)

  1. cogito

Further reading

Italian

Verb

cogito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cogitare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ agitō.

Pronunciation

Verb

cōgitō (present infinitive cōgitāre, perfect active cōgitāvī, supine cōgitātum); first conjugation [with accusative or dē (+ ablative)]

  1. to think
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations‎[1]:
      Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas quod non ego non modo audiam sed etiam videam planeque sentiam.
      You do nothing, you plan nothing, you think of nothing which I not only do not hear, but which I do not see and know every particular of.
  2. to ponder, meditate, reflect, consider (i.e. think of, about, over)
  3. to intend, design, purpose, plan, devise (i.e. have in mind)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōgitō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōgitō cōgitās cōgitat cōgitāmus cōgitātis cōgitant
imperfect cōgitābam cōgitābās cōgitābat cōgitābāmus cōgitābātis cōgitābant
future cōgitābō cōgitābis cōgitābit cōgitābimus cōgitābitis cōgitābunt
perfect cōgitāvī cōgitāvistī,
cōgitāstī1 		cōgitāvit,
cōgitāt1 		cōgitāvimus,
cōgitāmus1 		cōgitāvistis,
cōgitāstis1 		cōgitāvērunt,
cōgitārunt,
cōgitāvēre1
pluperfect cōgitāveram,
cōgitāram1 		cōgitāverās,
cōgitārās1 		cōgitāverat,
cōgitārat1 		cōgitāverāmus,
cōgitārāmus1 		cōgitāverātis,
cōgitārātis1 		cōgitāverant,
cōgitārant1
future perfect cōgitāverō,
cōgitārō1 		cōgitāveris,
cōgitāris1 		cōgitāverit,
cōgitārit1 		cōgitāverimus,
cōgitārimus1 		cōgitāveritis,
cōgitāritis1 		cōgitāverint,
cōgitārint1
passive present cōgitor cōgitāris,
cōgitāre 		cōgitātur cōgitāmur cōgitāminī cōgitantur
imperfect cōgitābar cōgitābāris,
cōgitābāre 		cōgitābātur cōgitābāmur cōgitābāminī cōgitābantur
future cōgitābor cōgitāberis,
cōgitābere 		cōgitābitur cōgitābimur cōgitābiminī cōgitābuntur
perfect cōgitātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cōgitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cōgitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōgitem cōgitēs cōgitet cōgitēmus cōgitētis cōgitent
imperfect cōgitārem cōgitārēs cōgitāret cōgitārēmus cōgitārētis cōgitārent
perfect cōgitāverim,
cōgitārim1 		cōgitāverīs,
cōgitārīs1 		cōgitāverit,
cōgitārit1 		cōgitāverīmus,
cōgitārīmus1 		cōgitāverītis,
cōgitārītis1 		cōgitāverint,
cōgitārint1
pluperfect cōgitāvissem,
cōgitāssem1 		cōgitāvissēs,
cōgitāssēs1 		cōgitāvisset,
cōgitāsset1 		cōgitāvissēmus,
cōgitāssēmus1 		cōgitāvissētis,
cōgitāssētis1 		cōgitāvissent,
cōgitāssent1
passive present cōgiter cōgitēris,
cōgitēre 		cōgitētur cōgitēmur cōgitēminī cōgitentur
imperfect cōgitārer cōgitārēris,
cōgitārēre 		cōgitārētur cōgitārēmur cōgitārēminī cōgitārentur
perfect cōgitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cōgitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cōgitā — — cōgitāte —
future — cōgitātō cōgitātō — cōgitātōte cōgitantō
passive present — cōgitāre — — cōgitāminī —
future — cōgitātor cōgitātor — — cōgitantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present cōgitāre cōgitārī cōgitāns —
future cōgitātūrum esse cōgitātum īrī cōgitātūrus cōgitandus
perfect cōgitāvisse,
cōgitāsse1 		cōgitātum esse — cōgitātus
future perfect — cōgitātum fore — —
perfect potential cōgitātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cōgitandī cōgitandō cōgitandum cōgitandō cōgitātum cōgitātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

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References

  • “cogito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cogito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cogito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to take no thought for the future: futura non cogitare, curare
  • cogito in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Verb

cogito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cogitar

Spanish

Verb

cogito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cogitar
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