I think, therefore I am.
But am I who I think I am or just a figment
Of my mind?
Never mind.
Never mind who I think I am.
What matters is whether others think I am.
But how do I know that because they think I am
Is why I am?
They think, therefore I am.
I am nothing without their thoughts
And I exist only in their minds.
Never mind.
But they cannot exist to me without me
Thinking who they are and they therefore are only
Who I think them to be.
I think, therefore they are.
Then is it I who thinks they are
And they who think I am and therefore we are?
Or they who think I am
Who they think me to be? And thus we are?
We think, therefore we are.
And each exists only in the mind of the other.
Our existence proves our existence.
But only in our minds.
Never mind.
About Me
- Maratini
- On May 30, 47 BCE, Gaius Julius Caesar engaged Pharnaces' forces on a hill near the town of Zela. Only four battle-hours later, Pharnaces' army was routed. In commemoration, Julius Caesar sent a simple, powerful and memorable message to the Roman Senate: "I came. I saw. I conquered." To our 21st Century ears, the rendering of the original Latin, is, "Veni. Vidi. Vici." The triumvirate voiced labiodental fricatives connote decisive, irrevocable victory. Sadly, however, this is what the anxious patrician ears of the Roman Senators actually heard: "Wenee. Weedee. Weekee." To describe an historic military triumph by a brilliant military tactician (and soon-to-be-assassinated dictator), this just don't sound right. While this unfortunate fact this is about the defunct Mr. Caesar and not me, there is, I believe, a connection, somewhere, somehow.