Antoine Léonard Thomas

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Antoine Léonard Thomas (1 October 1732 – 17 September 1785) was a French poet and literary critic, best known in his time for his great eloquence, especially for éloges in praise of past luminaries. It was in recognition of this that he was elected to Académie Française.In an award-winning 1765 essay in praise of René Descartes, he penned a fuller form of the cogito in French as "Puisque je doute, je pense; puisque je pense, j'existe." With rearrangement and compaction, the passage translates to "I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am," or in Latin, "dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum."He was born in Clermont-Ferrand and died aged 52 in Oullins.

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17831783Brasil Colônia: Luis da Cunha Meneses toma posse da Capitania de Minas Gerais
17821782Brasil Colônia: Tomás Antônio Gonzaga chega a Vila Rica
17851785Brasil Colônia: a Coroa Portuguesa aumenta os impostos sobre o ouro nas Minas Gerais
17631763Brasil Colônia: com o desenvolvimento econômico do Brasil, Portugal eleva a colônia a Vice-Reinado
15001822Período Colonial no Brasil


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