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Ego Sum Qui Sum Et Quod Cogito

"I am who I am, and what I think."

At the heart of this declaration lies a remarkable convergence of two pillars of Western thought — one ancient and divine, the other rational and philosophical. Ego sum qui sum reaches back to the pages of Exodus, where God answers Moses from the burning bush with the most sovereign of all self-declarations: I am who I am. It is a statement that needs no justification, no title, no rank. It simply is.

To this timeless affirmation, et quod cogito — "and what I think" — is added. In three words, it summons René Descartes' immortal proof of existence: cogito ergo sum, "I think, therefore I am." Thought is not merely an activity here; it is identity itself.

"To say I am who I am is to stand firm against every pressure to become someone else. To add and what I think is to claim that your mind — your reason, your inner voice — is not separate from your soul. It is your soul."

I was once a missionary-seminarian, but was kicked out due to "strange" belief and an alienated faith. I was more like an extremist of the far left. From then on, I declared myself as an agnostic.

What It Means to Live This

This phrase is more than my motto — it is my manifesto of authentic living. It declares that my identity is not borrowed from the opinions of others, not shaped by trends, not contingent on validation. I am defined by my being and by my thinking — two things that no one can take away from me.

In a world that constantly asks everyone to shrink, to adapt, to perform — this phrase stands as a quiet, immovable act of my resistance. It says: my existence is self-evident, and my thoughts are my own. Between these two truths, I build myself.