In his work Principles of Philosophy, philosopher René Descartes argues that the only thing that can be known for certain is that he exists. He observes that he could be dreaming or that he could be living in a world that is not real. He argues that the only thing that is certain is that he exists, because he is thinking. Therefore, Descartes concludes, the only thing that can be known for certain is that he exists.
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