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

[Stefan Pugh]

Good point, but here "Ty li" questions TY, so the answer must be "Ja", 
not a verb.

Stefan Pugh

Kim Braithwaite wrote:
> 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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