TRANSLATION OF DESCARTES QUOTE "Myslyu, seldovatel'no sushchestvuyu"

[Kim Braithwaite]

Regarding the absence of a copula (refer to John Dunn's posting) there is a 
curious passage in the Russian - not Church Slavonic - version of St Mark, 
namely Chapter 14 Verses 61-62:

... [the high priest asks Jesus] Ty li Khristos ... ? [Jesus answers] Ia; i 
vy uzrite Syna ....

That's it. Ia all by itself here means "I am" and is the equivalent of the 
original Greek and indeed the Church Slavonic where the copula is present.

I always wondered about that. Any other examples?

Mr Kim Braithwaite, Translator
"Good is better than evil, because it's nicer" - Mammy Yokum (Al Capp)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alina Israeli" <aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU>
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] TRANSLATION OF DESCARTES QUOTE "Myslyu, 
seldovatel'no sushchestvuyu"


The same Wikipedia that Philippe mentioned has an article on the phrase
that many of us know:

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito_ergo_sum

It has its history and Russian variants.


FRISON Philippe wrote:
> < мыслю, следовательно существую > See: 
> http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82,_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5
>
>

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