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The Cogito (n.) opened ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠up the passage from immanence to transcendence... that is, the passage from ideas contained in the thinking substance to their 'formal existence'.

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The Cogito (n.) presided ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠over the subject's birth.

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The Cogito (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the initial affirmation of the privileged nature of the subject's immanent sphere... it is the affirmation of its unique place in existence.

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The Cogito (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the specificity of the subject's connection to the rest of reality, the sui generis nature which opens up the passage from immanence to transcendence.

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Cogito (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠contrary to common assumption, not a question of inference. The 'sum' is not a consequence of the thinking, but vice versa... it is the ground of thinking, the fundamentum.